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A L P E N ADATES OF EVENTS.
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ALPENADATE,S OF EARLY EVENTS
On the fol lo* ' ing pages are showD'he dates of t 'he principal hap,pen-rngs and events in the history ofAipen,a city, .A.lpena county, andsome important da,tes in the historyqf adjacent counties. The l ist hasbeen co.mpiled with the greateslnossible ac.curacy and is hrought upto January 1, 1 I 1'5. As the yearsoass this l i t t le tboo'k w,i l l become al lthe mcre valuable,. Preserve i t forreference. I t wi l l make interestingreading and wil l sett le many a dis-DUte .
I a;39-t a4 0-First survey ,by the Unite(! ,States
of lancls in Alpena eo'unty.The f irst sarvmil l in Alpen,a coun-
ty was erected at the mouth ol Devi lR iver in 1844, by Jonathan Bur tehand Ans.on Eldred.
Dar id D. O l iver bu i l t and openeda s to re on Thunder Bay Is iand, in1 8 4 5 .
! at6-Simeon M. H,olden erected a frame
btt i l t l ing on Thunder Bay Island.I S,56-
Nov. 26.-I)aniel ,Carter. $ife anddaught.er, c,ame t0 Alpena, the { irstsett lers.
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ra57_Feb. T._AIpena county organize.d.W h a c i s n o w t h e c i t y o f _ \ l p e n arvas then oal led x'remoni,
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l j r t elect ion of county of l icers in. November, Daniel ,carier ; ; ; ' ; .#
I :9.-?l: ' r lsl , ip. treasu.rer, the torrr. ir i ' r ,r co tnpr is ing the en t j re eounty . l f ;Carter was atso the fi".t ;;;t;u.;,of Fremont.
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_ In February , t g ,b 9 , the name o tFremont was changed t" .sr;"rul " '
\ In , t8b8 the f i rs t s ,c ,hoo l in A lpena{ was held in ,a- rougn ooard eooDern s r rop on l9 t t0 , b lock 3 , o t t f re v i i -{ t
tage, oi Water street, witn -fUis,s
\{ ivrary L'arter as the teacher.
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e^V r i ver in the fa l l o ' f ISSS- . - - *^ ' * " 'i 1859-
^ S m i t h & , C h a m b e r l a i n b u i l t t h ofi.rst s.team sawmilt "r-ilr"oii.
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, , A lou t Ju ly 1s t , 1862, occur redtf ie f irst Alpena nre, start ing in- t tr lIirti:..and on the 4th .pi."d "i,tne ,se t t lement , where i t Uu"o-uA t t ipar t l J 'bu i l t saw mi i t i , f f , " . i * , j " j
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Thc' first school hous,e rbuilt in r"thscou l ty wa: j in 1863- .4 , on lo t 2 , b lock2'0,, vi t lage. J. B. TuLile, teacner.
,Apri l 17.-At night, the saw mil lof Cham.berlaln & S,mit,h was burn-ed, with 8,00,, '000 feet of l ,umiberown.ed by Mil ler & ! ' letcher.
May 1.-The f irs ' t number of th,ea{'lpen,a Pioneer was iss,ued, then tho'Thunder Bay M,onitor.1865-
_ Alpena L,oclge, Nro. 1gg, ;X.. & Al{. was organized.
Aug. 9.-Steamers Metbor andPervabic in col l is ion off Thunder B,ayisland. Pewarbic sunk and between? 5 and 10 0 l ives were lost.
The erection of C,ongregationalchurch c.omqnenced in 1g6b, hnished! n 1 8 6 8 .
1867-The s .h ing le mi l l s o f rhomas Rob-
inson and Hop,p,er & Davis .wereburneC.
Potter gardware Co.Established te67
Corner Second Avenue andRiver Street
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I 864-The Old Union School Bui lding,
xhere the Hig,h School now stands'w a s b u i l t i n 1 8 6 8 .
I a69-t lay 3 . -The,p lan ing and gr is r
mil l of D'oane & Bingham Part lyDurned. Same mii l destroyetl 'by f ireO c t . 1 , 1 8 7 0 .
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w,as organized.Residence of Fulton Bundy .burn-
ed .Popula.tion of Al,pena and Mont-
morency count ies wag 2 ,7 ,56 .
Llec. 12.-The court h,ouse .and adwell ing adjoinin,g, owned Lby .S. E.t{ i tcht 'ock. rvere destroyed by f ire,and nearly a1,1 of the county records ,t \were burnecl.
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Crippen and ,boardin,g 'house of Lock-wood & Minor reduced to ashe's.
By act of the legislature Al 'penawas made a city in 1871, t 'be f irstelect ion being held in Ap'r i l , whenseth L. ,Carpenter was electe,d mayor
Arpri t 9.-A conflagration sweplout of existence the entire ,businessport ion on the north side of theriver. The principal bui lding;s burn-ed were the Huron House, Beebebuilding, dwell ing of Moses Bingham,Evergreen Hall , Star Hotel and store t ' 'bui lding of J. 'C. Bowman, occupiedby Butterf ield & X'olkerts. The loss
at this f lre was upwards of $60', ,000.May-_1,tr" first. flre coqpany was
organized, with A. L. Pow,er as fore-m.an, and the steam f ire engine ;Sah-gonahkato purcha.sed.
June 26.-German Aid Societywas organized, with Chas. Goll ing asthe first president. Society startedwith about forty members.
June 27 , 1871, f i re spread f romthe woods near State street and theold Champbell & Potter dock, dam-aging the dock, burning the house ofWm. Waltenbury, and damaging theresidence of Jas. A. Case about $300,The f iremen and people fought hardto save the city from destruction,
June 29.-First issue of the Al-pena Weekly Argus.
July 1.-A- R. Richardson erect-ing f irst trr ick bui lding in Alpena.for a residence, on State street; Bol-ton & McRae bui lding brick blocKcorner Dock and Fletcher streets;Bar low mi l l bu i l t and a t work ; Hen-ry Beebe bui lding new block on Dockstreet; Samuel Boggs erecting Sher-man l louse on Second street.
July 26.-Burrel l House formal-ly opened.
Sept. 1.2.-Brick work on Bolton& McRae block completed; A. W'Comstock €rectinB new residence atcorner of Second avenue anrl Dun-bar street. Fletcher House beingerected on Water street,
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July 1872; Cowell & Godfrey bui ld-ing store on Second street.
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,. Oct. 23.-Bolton & McRae occupytheir new brick store.
.Nov. 4.-Boi ler in Minor Islandmil l exploded, and ninu -"n-"*1rlmore or less injured, two of wtrom.Edward Munroe ano 'CLas. ; - 'F , ; " ; ' :i e r , d ied the same even ing .
^ - {ou . 12 . -sunday rnorn ing , theGlo^be Hotel, with j . n. eea;l i , pro-_pr te ror , and the sa loon o f J . C . Mc_Dona-ld, _on River street, where ";;stands the Denton ntoct, were tuin_ed to the ground. -
Telegrairh line oompleted to Al_ . ' '/
pena in November , 1g?1.
,^Iot: 2,5..-sawmil l of Cunning_nam, Rob inson, Ha ines & C" . , - - i t
Ossineke, burned.147>
._-March 1.-Bank of Alpena Bank_lng Co. opened.Apri l l .__Maltz Exehange bankcommenced. banking business.J:: lY 12.-oceurred the greatest
eonflag,rat io4 _in the fr istory" oi aj jp.ena-Upwards of $1?5,00b wori ir
9t,prop.etrty was destroyeA,.ana tnree,Tljll: tllgcks-those rtt*.i., w.*r,I -rn_g-ron avenue, Second and Chistrotm ,"-srreets. and the two blocks b;t,w;;-;
_ F iom Aprit 1 to OcLtnere were 2SB bui lding.smanent addit ions erected_ - J. S. Minor sreets newlsland in r iver.
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u --1 :4iRiver, Chisholm, First and Thit ' r lstreet al l were reduced to ashes,with one exception, the house nowowned and occupied by John Beck,at the corner of First and Riverstreets. The bui ldings on Secondanrl River streets, from the Com-stock block to the Cobden hotel wereburned, and a residence where nowstands the Holmes & Reynoldsblock, as well as the bui ldings wherenow stands the opera house block,The f ire practical ly wiped out thebusiness port ion of the city on thesouth side of t l le r iver. and f inancial-ly ruined a good many people. The 'f i re was of only two hours dura-t ion. T'hree I ives were Iost in thedisaster, Mrs. H. G. Westbrook, Geo.B. Westbrook and Geo. Westby.
Sept. 4.-The barn of B. X'. Luceand residence of H. Hyatt were burn-ed and two cows and a horse cremat-ed .
The next morning the shingle mil lof Hopper, Davis & Co., at the dam,was destroyed by f ire.
Sept. 5.-Tug Bennis burned tothe water's edge, while out on thebay.
Sept. 24.-Propeller Galena,freight and passenger boat betweenAlpena and Det ro i t , went ashore ,during a gale, on North Point, ani lwas a to ta l wreck . No l i ves werelos t .
Office of weather bureau estab-I i shed in September .
Oet. 1.-Since the great f i re ofJuly 12, bui ldings have been andare under conjsLruct'ion by Potter
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Rros., two brick stores; A. L. power& Co., two brick stores; Albert packbrick store; brick store each olJason Gil lett , Aber Bros., W. Mc-Master, F. S. Goodrich and Bewick.Comstock & Co. , b r ick bu i id ing fo rAlpena Banking Co.
Dec. 17.-That , ,prevai l ing dis-ease" seems to be spreading in thecity. Small pox.
Steamer John Shermanby Lake Shore Navigationthe next year run betweenand Alpena.
purchasedCo., to beBay City
, Year 1872 ends w i th hundreds o fpeople in the city and county off ict_
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i Bridge bui l t across r iver on Sec_/ ond avenue and Dock streets during
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Jan. 22.-W. F. Gootlenow, off irm of Goodenow & Dow, of AIPena,died in Saginaw.
Feb. 4.-Residence of J. R. Smith,on nort,h side of r iver. burned.
Feb. 6.-Death of E. Welsh, A1-pena nerchant.
March 1.-Smith & Doane com-mence the erection of hemlock barkextract works, at Trowbridge Point.
Apri l 1-.-smallpox has beenstamped out. During the epidemicthere were over a thousand cases inthe county, and the deaths were f i t-t y - two.
Apri l 30.-The f irst boat of the,season the propeller 'Wenona,
arr iv-ed from Detroit .
Apri l 30.-Fire destroyed bakeryof Mil ler & Plough, on First street.
, May 20.-Residence of C. T. Pax-ton, on Sugar Island, burned.
June 10.-Alex McDonald, J. W.Creighton and G. N. Blackburn com-mence the erection of the McDonaldand Creighton block, at the cornerof Second and River streets, and theBlackburn block, adjoining. TheGoll ing block, later Cobden Hotel,also being bui l t .
July 2 9.-The store occupied byA. Anspach & Co., on Eiver street,with the contents, was burned.
A good deal of talk about thist ime, regarding a rai lroad from Al-pena,-one we didn't get.
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_ ̂ F"pt. 9.-school census .sfi-oivS782 of school age in the city.
Salt weil being sunk at the dam.Oct. 3.-Lodge of Good Templars
organized.
, Oc t . 2g . -Hopper , Dav is & Co.snrngte mi l l a t the dam, l - ru rned.
-_ {ov' 29.-sudden death of GeorgeMelvi l le..
. . Drcc. g.-Mrs. Alex Fisher gavebirth to a quartet ot ctrilaren_jiwogir ls and two boys. Al l four died.. Dec. 2,6.-Doane, Bingham & Co.s ta r ted the i r g r is t m i l t_ the f i rs t onei n A l p e n a .
, In 1873, Chas. Go l l ing erec tedor lck_ b lock now occup ied by Mich i -gan^ LaundrY, and Sanborn sawmil lat Ossineke was bui ld.ta74-
^ Jan. 5.-Bewick, Comstock('o. erectin_g shingle mil l in placeone burned J i l y L2 , L972.
-_ March 2?.-Residence of Geo. W.I lai ley, corner First street and Wash_ington avenue, burned.
_ Apri l 1b.-The brick block of J.T. Bostwick completed.
.JST.e- 4,-Congress passed bi l l toes tab l i sh l i fe sav ing s ta t ion on fnun_fler Bay Island.
^^{u.n" 26.-Congress appropriated$,20 ,000 fo r bu i td ins a l i s i r i f rouse a irne mouth o f ' Ihunder Bay r i ver .
- S e p t . 2 3 . - B r i c k w o r k o n r e s i -dence_ of C. T. Burrelf , Oocfr streei,comple ted .
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Oct. 27.-Wm. McMaster erectingbrick veneered bui lding on Riverstreet.
Nov. 30.-Chas. Blanchard met_ death by accident in mil l of Masorr
Lumber Co.Dec. 3.-Scotch-American Hotel.
on F le tcher s r ree t , burned.During f 874, G. W. Benton erect_
ed and occupied store bui lding cor.-ner Third street and Washingtonavenue.
1ti75-tr'ebruary-patrick McDaae nuita-
ing Union Hotel, corner Secondstreet and Washington avenue.
March 25.-Residence of J. W.faxton, on Sugar Island, destroyedby fire.
June 5.-trrire destroyed the wag-on and blacksmith shop of RobeitNapper, the residence and barn ofEl isha Harrington, on River street.and residence of Hiram J. Eaton. onChisho lm s t reer .
' June 12.-Residence. of. ThosDoyle, l ' letcher mil l barn, with twohorses owned by Chas. Rice. burned.Extract factory and warehouse ofSmith & Doane, at Trowbridge poir i treduced to ashes.
J une 2 3.-X' ire destroyed resi_dences of J. D. Sheahy and peterSchenck, and by only hard work.residence M. N. Bedford was saved.
July 26.-New steam f ire engineadded to Alpena f ire department,with engine house in Third ward.
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Ouri"g the summer of 18?5, E. K.Potter bui l t large residence onWashington avenue,,, now McRaeHosp i ta l .
Aug. 23.-Albert Moli tor shot byulkrrown men, at Rogers Clty.
Sept. 24,-Two f ires in one night,homes of John McSoriey, at Camp-bellvi l le, and of a man named Se-
\ . * bo ld , in Th i rd ward ., ' \--_-> Long Lake road opened in 18?5.-
Oct . 13 . -Tug Mi l Ie r exp loded her. boi ler, six miles out on the bay, and
tug went to the bottom. CaptainEdward H. Mil ler, and the cook, acolored man named Wm. Moody, losttheir l ives. Tug a total wreck.
Dec. 1.-Charles Goll ing erectslskating r ink at corner of River andThird streets.
1476-Jan. 1. Salt wel l at the dam has
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Feb. 21.-Beebe block, on Dockstreet, burned. Three stores andBeebe hal l consumed. Loss about$16,400, and the su f fe rers wereHenry Beebe, M. O'Brien, C. P. Van-Gorder, and the Alpena and PedroBoat c lubs .
Feb. 23.-Residence of Dr. A.Jeyte, Mil ler street, burned.
May 1.-Albert Pack buikl ing theAlpine block, now known as theHolmes & Reynolds block.
May 22.-G6vernor accepts Al-Pena mil i tarY comPanY,-attachedto Third regiment, Co. H.
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May 23.-Residence of J. L. Mc-Donald, Third ward, burned.
-_ 4o" 1.-Alphine Hall opened byMcKean-CampbelI troupe.
Jung 3.-gr. H, Alpena Guards,mustered in by Adjt.-Gen. Robinson.
- June 20.-Gymnasium bui ldingburned.
Aug. 4 . -A t Fenton , Mich . , suddendeath of Mrs. Margaret potter, ofAlpena, mother of J. J. and J. D-Potter.
Sept. 17-Centennial block bui l t l .Geo. L. Maltz & Co.. G. N. Fletcherand Mason, Luce & Co. bui ldingbrick blocks.
Oct. 3.-F ire destroyed the resi_dence of J. S. Ir lvin, Second ayenue.
Oct. ?.-Minor & Co. shingle mil lblown to atoms by explodini boi ler.-I i i ive deaths result from the disas_|er.. {1d1ew Tigchon. Wm. Card,_Jo jask i . Dan ie l Bownran and JohoThompson.
Oct. 24.-Thuncler Bay Encamp-ment , I . O. O. F . ins t i tu ted .
Oct. 9.-Residence of John R-Snrith, Oldf ieid street, burned.
Nov. 3.-Lake Shore brewery, onState street, burned.
Nov. 20.-Death of Obed Smith.aged 80. one of early seti lers, andJudge of Probate at t ime of death.
Dec. 2.-Myers block, at cornerof Second and River streets, and ad-joining bui ldings burned. Sufferersby this f ire were Jul ius Myers, JacotrLevyn, . Ios. Huestis, H. Heyte, G. N.
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1877-Jan. 5.-Death of Alfred Richard-
son, for t€n years a resident of Al-pena.
Jan. 22.-Death of Lohn Loutlel,of Long Rapids, early settler andCivi l war Yeteran.
Jan. 24.--Fire destroyed house ofArchie McCoIIum. on Oldfield street.
Feb. 16.-Boarding house of Bak-er V. Talbott, on Mil lel street, des-troyed by f ire.
March 8.-Iiloundry of David Crip-pen wrecked by f ire.
March 9.-House of Francis JobinMil l street, burned.
Apri l .18.-Fire destroyed theresidence of Chas- Cramer, on Dockstreet"
Apri l 24.--Residence of Michaellhlenfield, on Chisholm street, burn-€d.
Apri l 25.-G. H. Davis and S. A.L. Warner bui lding new shinglemil l , on site of burned mil l , onChisholm street, just across theriver. i
Apri l 21.-Residences of Wm. Mc-Donald, Thos. Atkinson and DentonSell ick, on MiI l street, burned.
May 1?.-Body of Patr ick Mc-Dade, who disappeared about thetirst of March, found on the bayshore.
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June 2 . -50 ,000 fee t o f lumberdestroyed by f ire, on the dock of F.W. Gilchrist-
Small box in Alcona county, andcamp where vict ims were housedwas burned.
June 28.-Residences of Mrs. H.J. Ingerson and M. C. Haley, onJ,ockwood street, d€stroted by-fire.
Aug. 2O.--Samuel Bailey, boomhand, drowned in r iver near.Eleventh street.
Aug. 27.-The common counoil€ntered into a contract with W. p.Hanchert, for i l re construction ofrvater works, the water to be con_veyed. . to the c i ty by a la rge p ipe ,Irom the South Branch.
_ Oct. 1g.-Destruction by f ire ofthe- - residence of J. p. dentworth,lfefft street.
-__O.ct. 20. Ifarshaw & Co. and C. C.Whitn_ey erecting two brick .to"ui o,-r,I 'econd street.
Lighthouse at mouth of ThunderBay r iver erected in 1g??.taTr
March 16. Winter gone, mildestin .h is to ry , bay open a l fw in te r , vurylrt i le snow, robins arr ived, naviga_tion open, steamer Dunlap arri;edfrom Bay City.
June 21-Charles H, Rice, one ofthe f irm owning the mil l , met deathb! being caught in the maehinery ofthe A. F. X'Ietcher & Co. mil l .
Aug. 20. Body of peter Newellfound in the bay; had been missing.five days.
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Sept. 15-Death of Paulette Cic-ero, noted character.
Sept. 25-Residence of MeadeMaccartney burned.
Oct. 10, 1l-First county fair heldby Alpena County Agricultural So-ciety, in the skating r ink at thecorner of River and Third streets,where now stands tr)ngine House No.One.
Oct. 14--'Contract signed by cityofficials and Alpena City Water Co.for constructing water works in Al-| :€ l ld, .
Nov. 26-Completion of three newresidences by A. N. Spratt on llitch-coek street.
Dec. 8-Death of Hon. Ira Stout,one of the charter members of Al-pena lodge, 170, I . O. O. F'. , at thetime of death Judge of Pr,obate.
Dec. 19-Mrs. John Thompson,formerly Miss Sarah Boyd, ki l l , 'd byaccidental discharge of gun, atThompson lumber camp.
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submit the qrrestion of bui lding acourt house to the people, to be vot-Fd on at April election.
Ilarr h. 26*George Prentiss pur-chased Ll i tchcock dock, for purposeoi bni iding a saw nri l l .
Apri l ? -Vote in countl . resultedin favor ol i bui lding courf hou.se, bya rnajori ty of 577.
May 12.-Work commenced onthe construction irf the water works.
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May 21.-George prentiss bui ld-ing mill on Hitchcock dock.
May 26 . -Const ruc t ion o f opera )h_oqse block commenced by Geo-. L r'Maltz.
June 4,-Plans being prepared forthe erection of the Comstock block.
June 1 l . -Work commenced on \the erection of the Comstock block. y'
June 1 8.-First telephone l ine \.constructed in Alpena. f
June 25.-Brick work on theJohnson and Fletcher block complet-ed.
Ju.Iy 19.-Shingle mil l at the dam,not in operation, burned down.
July 30.-MiI l of George prentissenclosed, brick work on Comstockblock completed, and walls for operahouse block up to second story.
Aug. 6.-Attempt made to discov_er the locetion of the sunken prop-eller Pewabie.
Aug. 27.-Geo, L. Maltz bui ldingtwo stores on Water street, as anaddit ion to the bank block,
Sept. 3.-Albert pack and Geo. N.Fletcher constructing new dock onthe bay, rsith intention of erectinga saw mil l .
Moses Brown completes the builtt- ,/_ling of pump house, at the dam, anal i . -placing machinery for the Alpena
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Sept. 1?.-Search for sunken pro-pel ier Pewabic unsuccessful-
Sept. 2?.-New saw mil l of Fiet-cher & Pack, on the shore, commene-ed.
Oct. l .-Bewick" Comstock & Co-occuBy their new banking office, inthe Comstock block.
Present fair grounds being madeready for holding county fair,
Oc t .9 , 10 . -Second annua l ta i rof Alpena County' Agricultural Soc-letY.
Oct. 15.-Water let into pipe onsouth side of the r iver, by watercompany-
Work of laying inlet pipe frorudam to bay commenced by watercompany.
Nov. 11, 12.-Formal openingof the Maltz new opera house.laao-
March 24--Death of Rey. Rich-ard Brass, rector of Trinity church.
May 19.-P. J. and. George Mon-aghan establ ish a shingie mil l olthe lake shore" opposite Middle Is-Iand.
July 10.-David Bratton f inishesa substantial dock and dam at thernouth of Long Lake creek, on LakeHuron, nearly abreast of Midcl le Is=Iand..
July 28,-The erection of theFrankl in school, on Lockwood street,eommenced.
.A.ug. 29.-The steamer MarineCity burned to the water's ed,ge, near
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Alcona, after leaving Alpena for De-troit . Estimated twelve l ives were
' lost by the disaster, but no Alpenapeople. One' Jennie Musser, wasfrom Alcona.
Sept. 1.-Brick work completedon the Brand block, Chisholm itreet.
The erection of engine house. atthe corner of River and Thirr lstreets; commenced.
Sept. 29.-Foundation beinE laidfor the erection of St. Bernard'schurch, foundation only to be bui l tbefore another year.
Frankl in school completed and oe.cupied.
Oct. 7, S.-Ttrird annual fair ofi* Alpena County Agricultural Society.'
Oct. l7.-Fire started in the
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. t . t ) Oc t .26 . -Work o f lay ing water,g; lw-orks inlet pipe to the bay complet-? ' e d .
Oct. 2g.-Death of Meade N. S.Macartney, one of Alpena's early set_t lers.
{ Nov. lO.-Water works in the city\ entirely completed. Water supply' from the bay.
Dec. 24.-David Bratton raisesframe for saw mil l at mouth ofLong Lake creek.
I As shown by census o f 1gg0, A l -/ pena and Montmorency counties had\ a p o p u l a t i o n o f 8 , ? 8 9 , o f w h i c h 2 , 6 3 6; ' are- d-istr ibuted among the townships,I and 6 ,153 are in the c i ty .
1880 was a prosperous year lnAlpena. Many new seti lers arr ivedand located on farm 1ands in theeounty. A. N. Spratt bui l t a lareener,r ' residence at corner of Seconaland Hitchcock streets, and a new.sarr mill was erected on the ba),shore by Fletcher, pach & Co.1881-
Jan. 13.-Court house at RogersCity burned.
Jan. 26.-W. H. HalI preparing toerect a brick block, on River street,to take the place of a wooden struc_ture burned.
tr'eb. 9.-Stone foundation com_pleted for brick veneered block of
trvo stories, of W. H. Hall , on Riverstreet.
Feb. 11.-Death of Samuel E.Hitchcock, one of the founders ofA lpena.
tr 'eb. 23.-Death of Hi l l iardBroadwell , a pioneer of Alpena.
March 9.-Five feet of snow orrthe ground in Presque Isle county.
March 26.-Tlownship of Greenorgan ized .
Apri l 4.-Contract for bui lr t ing .)court house let to Samuel Boggs antl 7W. H. Phelps.
Apri l 2 0.-Erection of M. E. IChurch, on Chisholm street, com- y'menced.
Apri l 28.-Richardson dam wash-eal out, logs carr ied away, and entirecity in danger of being flooded, wat-er main across the r iver earr iedaway, and entire city without watersupply from water works.
May 6.-Water works pipes beingfi l led and people supplied with wat-er, by connecting hose from mil ls ofH. D. Churchi l l , Geo. Prentiss, W.H. & E. K. Potter and X'. W Gil-christ, with water works hydrants,the mil ls aloing the pumping fromthe bay and r iver.
May 9.-Moses Brown commencedwork of rebui lding Richardson dam.
May 30.-Two brick veneeredstores of W. H. Hall , River street,compieted.
McDonald Bros. bui ldins hotel atLong Lake.
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Montmorency county organized.June 8.-Engine House No. 1
completed.
_. Mason block, of tn'o stores, .)nrarver s t ree t , be ing e iec ted .
June 8.-8. O_ Avery purchasessaw mil l at Rogers City, and is re_moving the same to Alpena and re_ereci ing i t , at Trowbridge point.
. - June 9 . -Sh ing le n i l l o f Rober f .
.ujales, at Long Lake, burned.June 22._-M. Davison, of Fl int.
commences the erection of the Dav_ison block, at the corner of Secondand Ch isho lm s t ree ts .
Survey_ of the Alpena & Bay Cityral iroad being made.
- fgn" 30 . -The p lan ing mi l l o fGebhardt & Co., on Saite street,burned, with stock of lumber, etc.F i re consumed the p lau ing mi l l o f_nee. a barn , and damaged res idence.of J. -J. Kneale, Mrs. Ira Stout, anrlboarding house of Bewick, ComstoekI Co. Loss at this f i re anout gZO,_0 0 0 .
July 20.-Chas. Thompson com_menced rebu i ld ing the Gebhara l t &uo. rae lo ry , recent ly burned.
Aug. 8.-Brick work commencedon Davison block.
Ang.70 . -Z iem b lock , on Ch is -holm street, completed.
AuC. 3.l.-Napper & Gordon oc*cupy their new wag:on and black_smith shop, corner Chisholm andThird street.
Sept. 1.-Electric Light Co. or_ganized.
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Sept. 14.-Life saving stat ion onMiddle Island completed, with Don-ald McKenzie as keeper.
Oct . 5 , 6 , 7 . -Four th annua lcounty fair.
Oct. 11.-Gebhardt & Thompsonplaning mil l , erected on the site ofthe Gebhardt & Co. mil l , burned onJune 30, commenced operations.
Oct. 17.-George Stubbs erectinga saw mil l on Long Lake creek.
Joseph Nephew thinks he has un-earthed a si lver and copper mine,three miles from thg city.
Disappearance of Capt. Thos.Driver, from the barge Light Guard.
Nov. g.-Alpena Copper Co. or-ganized, with A. N. Spratt, presi-dent, and Geo. L. Maltz, treasurer.The copper never cropped to thesurface.
Nov. 13.-Death of Prof. John-son A. Corbin.
Nov. 30.-Stone foundation forthe X'letcher, Phelps and Dawsonbrick block, on River street, com-menced.
Electr ic l ight plant in operation,The year 1881 closes with the
fol lowing improvements: Two brick-qtores bri i l t by C. E. Mason, W. H.Hall 's brick veneered stores, Chas.Brand's brick block of three stores,Phelps, X' letcher and Dawson brickblock of three stores, Napper &Gordon wagon and blacksmith shop,Engine House No. 1, court house,one room added each to X'ranki inand Jefferson school houses. tele-
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phone exchange, Avery mil l atTrowbridgs Point, C. W. Richard-son's new shingle mil l , miles of t i ledrain laid in the city, electr ic l ightplant, Gebhardt & Thompson planingmil l , J. D. Potter a new residence.and hundreds o f res idences erec ted .
The disasters were the washin_gout bf the Richardson dam and theburning of the Gebhardt & Co.planing mil l .1aa2-
Feb. 15.-John T. Bostwick com_mences the erection of a brick ad_dit ion to his drug store, ol l Riverstreet.
. Feb. 27.-City submits proposi_tion to buy water \\.orks to tax pay_ers, and resulted 36 yes against 2ggno.
March 8.-Cit izens raising bonus,for Alpena & Bay City rai lroad.
Apri l 15.-Death of Ephriam G.Sprague, an early seti ler.
Jung f.-p6ul Dane commenceclthe erectibn of a brick block of twostores, on the corner of Doek anriOldf ield streets.
June 14.-Mrs. Honora Mintoncommenced the bui lding of the Miu_ton block, on Second street.
Henry Beebe erecting a brich.veneered store on Dock street, ontlre site of the Beebe hal l , burned.
June 21.-Store bui lding next t .)Alpine block, Second street. f inish-ed .
Stone walls of St. Bernard'sehurch being erected.
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Stone foundation for Lockwoodschool bui lding completed.
July 6.-Frinding of the body ofCapt. Thomas Driver, brought upout of the r iver by dredge.
July 9.-Death of Hon. James K.Lockwood, at Sandusky, O. He wasone of the earl iest sett lers of Al-pena, coming here in 1856.
Ju ly l2 . -Corner s tone o f M. E . - tChurch , on Ch isho lm s t ree t , la id . 7 |
Sept. 6.-Brick block of twostores, on River street, for Alex M,c-Donald, commenced.
Oct. 5, 6.-Fif th annual fair inAlpena county.
Dec. 9.-Organization of the Al-pena National bank. Capital $100,-000. Organizers: Geo. L. Maltz,Chas. W. Richardson, F. W. Gilch-r ist, E. K. Potter, Wm. H. Johnson,W. H. Potter and H. D. Churchi l l .
The year 1882 went out and leftsome few happenings and improve-ments.-Three brick stores bui l t byMrs. Honora Minton, on Secondstreet, Alex McDonald two brickstores on River street, Paul Danetwo brick veneered stores on Dockstreet, Chas. Brand brick veneereclbrewery back of Brand block, bricksaloon bui lding on Dock street, Ir .W. Fletcher an iron roofed ware-house on r iver. foot of Fletcherstreet, G. A. Shannon & Co. ware-house on Chisholm street, Board ofEducation two story school house intr ' i rst ward, Albert Pack frame storeon Second street, next to Alpine
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WILLIAM H. JOHNSON, president.FRED'K H. ORCLTTT, Vice-pres.trVM. F. DENISON, Cashier
Alpena National BanhALFENA, MICH.
1882 i j15C a p i t a l $ 5 0 , 0 0 0 . 0 0
Surplus and undivir led profi tsE a r n e d , 9 6 b , 0 0 0 . 0 0
D e p o s i t s , $ 1 , 3 0 0 , 0 0 0 . 0 0FOUR PER CENT. Interest paid on
Savings Deposits.Interest compounded semi-annually.
Member of the FEDERAL RE_F-ER):E BANK antl operated unr, lerr,ne dlrect supervision of the UnitedStates government.
block, Henry Beebe frame store onDock street, E. H., Turner framestore on Chisholm street, C. Kramcrframe store and dwell ing on Tenthand Chisholm streets, X'olkerts & Mc_Phee frame store and vrarehouse onOldfield street. Alex McDougallplumbing shop on River street, M.E. church nearly completed, St.Bernard's stone church well advanc_ed in construction, art hal l on fairground, and nearly two hundreclresidences erected.laaa-
. Jan. 4.-Wiltse & Adams store, atI I i l lman, the f irst business housebuil t in Montmorency county, burn-ed .
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Jan. 24.-Bingham & Cathroerecting saw mil l in Long Rapidstownship.
Fianders postoff ice establ ished inGreen township.
Jan. 2 6.-Board of Supervisorserect and organize township of MapleRidge.
Feb. 1.-Alpena National bankcommenced business.
Feb. 5.-The saw mil l of Cathro& Bingham, Maple Ridge, commenc-ed operations.
I i1eb. 8-Board of supervisors voteto submi t p ropos i t ion to bu i ld $5 ,000poor house, to.electors at Apri l elec-t ion.
March l-Postoffice established etOrchard Hil l , J. W. Farrier, P. M.
Electr ic l ight turned on street , Jr iIamps for the first i,ime. \U
March 4-Death of D. P. Buker.a pioneer of Alpena.
March 16-Death of Orrin Ers-kine, early Alpona sett ler.
Nlarch 28-Johnson warehouse be-ing torn down for re-bui lding.
Apr i l 2 -Propos i t iou to ra ise $5 , - '000 for new poor house voted down.
Mason warehouse being erected.
Apri l 11-Art icles of incorpora-t ion of the Detroit , Bay City & A1-pena rai lroad f i led with Sec. of State.
ApriI 25-Contrract for erectingnew l)piscopal church let to X'red A.Wilson.
May 8-Death of Abram Hopper,
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formerly county treasurer and oneof Alpena's pioneers.
May 23-Organization of what isnow Horace S. Roberts post. G.A.R.
May 30-tr.'irst observance of De_coration Day by Alpena G.A.R.
Juns 19-I i ' i re ln the lumber onthe dock of W. L. & H. D. Churchi l ldes t royed $25,000 wor th o f lumber .
June 2 8-Death of HezekiahHyatt, one of Alpena,s pioneers.
July 4-Laying of corner stone ofTrinity Episcopat church.
Patr i6k Cull igan commences theerection of the Cull igan bl.ock.
Tidal wave on Lake Huron, waterIf i"g two feet, part ly submergingThunder Bay and other istands.
July 12.-Postoff ice establ ishedat _Hubbard Lake, John Ellsworth,P . M.
Aug. 8-X'oundation laid for theObed Smith school house.
Aug. 26-New Meilrod,ist Episoo_pal church dedicated.
Sept. ?-Fai lure of prentiss Lum-ber Co.
Sept. S-Death of Willard S. F ur-bush, early seti ler.
Sept. 9--Death of Mrs. SamanthaHitchcock, pioneer resident.
Sept. 24-Wreck of steambargeEast Saginaw, at Sand Beach. f f ,evessel was the property of F. W. Gil_cnrrst,
Oct. 3-Survey of Detroit , Bay
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City & Alpena rai lroad completed toAuSable.
Cull igan block f inished outside.
Oct. 4-Propeller Davison wreck-ed on Thunder Bay island. Totalloss.
Oct. 10-Stone work of the newTrinity Episcopal church completed.
First directory of ci ty and countyissued by Polk & Co.
Oct. 11-12-Sixth annual fairin Alpena county.
Oct. 14-Schooner Gardner waswrecked on South Point, and wentto pieces, having broken in trso.
Nov. 14-Mason warehouse burn-e d , l o s s o v e r $ 7 , 0 0 0 .
Nine hundred men working on theconstruction of the Detroit , Bay City& Alpena rai lroad.
Dec. 5-Trains running on Detroit ,Bay City & Alpena rai lroad betweenAiger and AuSable.
The year 1883 closed with vefyl i t t le out .of the ordir iary events tochronicle. During the year a lodgeof the A. O. U.
.W. was organized in
the city, circuit court was held forthe f i rs t t ime in the new cour t housg - . . ion Feb. 13; Alpena Commaldefy, K.T., organized May 21;.r 'T,ockwoodPost, G. A. R., organized May 23;f ire in lumber on Churchi l l LumberCo. dock on June 19 ; Pren t iss Lum-ber Co. fa i led on Sept . 7 ; Obed Smi th 9schoo l house f in ished on Oct . 9 ; Ma- ^
son warehouse burned Nov. 14.
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1aa4-Jan. 22-Death of Charles E. lMa-
son, of the l lason Lumber Co.Feb. 5-First term of circuit
court in Montmorency county, Judgetr 'rank Emerick on the bench.
F'eb. 26-Jul ius Savage murderedby Barney Rousseau.
March g-First presbyterianservice in Alpena, at Knights ofHonor hal l , conducted by Rev. F. W.Vert ican of Port Huron, and pres-byterian society organized.
March 18-Death of Thomas D.Bullock, pioneer,
Apri l 2- l lavis warehouse, des-troyed by f ire some months previous,being rebui l t .
New Centrai Hotel of W. T. Joneson Lock*'ood street, (now the Tem_ple theatre), completed.
_Apri. l 16-Henry Beebe commenc-ed erection of brick block on Docks treet.
May 23-Stone foundation for thebrick block of l tol ton & McRae andHenry Beebe on Dock street, beingbuil t- f our stores.
l \ Iay 24-McDonald hotel at LongLake, burned to the ground, with agreater part of the furnishings, en_ta i l ing a loss o f about $4 .000.
June 4-Brick work on new of,flceof W. L. & H. D. Churchi l l f inished.
Juns 3-It4rnaghan mill on LakeHuron shore, oposite Mirtdle island,des t royed by f i re .
Jung g-pgath of Wm. S. Stevens,
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ftretter known as "Whistling 8iI1."Mr. Stevens came to A.lpena in 1857.
June 2g-Trinity Episcoprt oew {church dedicated.
July l-State census enumerators \xeturns show populat ion of ci ty to , /. b e 9 , t 9 7 . l n c o u n t y , $ 1 2 , 6 9 0 .
July 9-Brick nrork completedon new block of Bolton & McRaeand Henry Beebe.
' July zl-Batb house at foot ofRiver street burned.
July 25-John Kelley, Alpenatownship ki l led by fal l ing tr€e.
Sept. 10-Tornado sw€pt over thispart of the country, d,oing great dam-.age to property and killing ThomasScharff. by lightning.
Sept. 19-Slight shock o{ earth-quake felt in Alpena.
Oct- 2-3-Seventh annual fair in-A,lpena county.
Oct. 23-Roller rink at foot ofChisholm street, burned.
Nov. F-Presbyterians have pur- ichased and are making preparations \7lo move old Episcopal church nui ld- f \ing to pr€sent church site. I
Nov. 12-New rol ler r ink beingbuil t on site of one burned.
Dec. G-Butterflield & Crable saw Lmil l burned to the ground. Mil l was 4situated on ground now occupiet l byD. & M. freight depot" and was bui l tin year 1859, by Smith & Chamber-lain; burned down in 1864, and wasre-built the same year by GeorgE N,Fletcher, then owner.
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Presbyterian churih undergoingrepairs and re-plastering.
. Experiment of making road-bed{ o f c rushed s tone t r ied on ha l f a\ block of Water street, from Second\ s t ree t sou theas t to the end o f the
Bank block.Dec. 20.-New rol ler r ink open_
ed to the pubile.Dec. 22.-Thunder Bay hotel
burned, w i th loss o f 93 ,000.Dec.28 . -F i rs t serv ices he la t in
church of Presbyterian society.During 1884 bui lding operations
in Alpena were not very extensive.yet there was a healthy growth.Bolton & McRae and Henry Beebeerected a brick block of three stores,on Dock street; the roller rink wasbuil t twice, having burned once: theBaldwin school house, on Baldwiir , lstreet, was bui l t , and substantial,residences erected by A. L. power,Geo. Masters (brick), E. H. Fur-bush and J. M. Johnston. ]The lastnamed was afterward burned.1885-
Jan. 1.-Ellmer M. Tibbitts killeclon Black River rai lroad.
, Jan. 3.-X' inding of letters sayingthat a gang of firebugs hatt beenorganized to burn several of the Al-pena mi l l s .
Constable McTeavy, of presoueIs le townsh ip , fa ta l l y sho t by Wm.Gi I I .
Jan. 4.-Death of James Tims. Jan old resident, and ex-alderman.
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Jan.28 . -L ivery s tab le o f PeterOwens, on 'X'letcher street, alestroyedby f ire.
Feb. 4.-The Owens and Mil lerbrick bloek, on Dock street, burned,w i th a loss o f about 915,000.
Feb. 11.-Death of Mrs. AlbertPaek,at Detroit .
March 3.-Albion House, on Rivers t ree t , burned. Loss $8 ,000.
March 9.-Residence of S. A. L.Warner damaged $1,500 by f i re . AC. Tefft 's residence destroyed byfire.
March 25.-Store bui lding of OttoGjorud, on Dock street, damagecl byf ire. .
Apri l 15.-Roller r ink opened byGeo. tr'. McRae.
Apri l 25.-Burningi of residenceof Robert Barrett, on Fletcherstreet.
Apri l 2B,-Detl icat ion of St. Bern- ^kard's new stone church, on Chisholm / \street.
Apri l 27.-steamer City of AI-pena presented with set of colors byAlpena cit izens.
May 6.-Death of David plough,a pioneer cit izen.
June 18.-Incendiaries attemnt toburn the Central Hotel.
Ju ly 1 . -F i re burned 60 ,000 or70 ,000 cedar t ies and pos ts a t SandyHook. Alpena township.
July 4.-Mason warehouse burn-ed . Loss 94 ,000.
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JuIy 7.-Contract let to X.. S,Dewey for paving part of Second an.lDock streets, a total length of. 1,742feet.
Aug. 31.-Owens' new briclrblock, on Dock street, completed.
Sept. 1.-Alpena Gas Co. com-mence the erection of gas works, onState street.
Sept. 3.-Death of Emos Holmes,aged,77 .
Sept. 4.-Barn of W. H. & E. K.Potter, at Campbellvi l le, burned.
/ Sept. 7.-Contract Iet to Owen\ f 'ox for macademizing Dock street,
frour Hueber to Lake street.Sept. 9.-Barn of S. W. Flanders,
in Green township, burned. Loss. $ 1 , 7 0 0 .
Sept. 9.-Paving of part of DockGtreet completed.
Sept. l5.-M"artin Houghton fallsfrom third story window, at Sher-man House, and is ki l led.
Sept. 21.-Str ike of lab,orers in .several mil ls, for 10 hour day. Al lresumed work n€xt day at 11 hoursa" day.
Sept. 23.-Organization Woman,sRelief Corps
Death of Mrs. Mary A. Lester, ag-ed 66 years .
f Sept. 24.-Special ci ty elect ion forf \ bond ing c i ty fo r 910,000 to bu i ld .
\ steel bridge between Second and.Dock streets. Vote 74 yes, 81 uo.
Oat. 2.-Wreck of steamer Bullof the Woods. on Hubbard Lake.
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Oct. 8, 9.-Eighth annual fair inAlpena county.
Oct. 19-Death of Seth t. Car-penter, f i rst Mayor of Alpena, Civi lWar Veterans.
Oct .20 . -Cont rac t fo r pav ing \Fletcher street, from Dock to Mil l /streets. let to M. Taney; length 463feet 24 feet witle.
Oet . 26 . -Smi th Br idge Co. award- red contract to bui ld steel bri t tge r ' \across Thunder Bay r iver, from "Seconrl to Dock stTeets.
Nov. 2.-Owen X'ox completescontract for macadamizing Doekstreet.
Dec. 2Sl-Opening of the Detroit ,Bay C i ty & A lpena ra i l roa t l to B lackRiver, via Alger.
Alpena Marble andGranite Co. EsL 1886
A. B. Crow, Pree.
Geo. Lough, Sec'y.-Trcar.
Monuments and TombstoncE ,.,
Con Washineton Ave. and Third St.
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1aa6-.;"6o. 4.-p1speller Saginaw Valley
arr ived in port, from Ludington.f Jan. 15.-Death of Albert C.\ Tefft , editor of the pi.oneer.
Jan. 19.-Wm. Vollet ki l led in alumber camp, by log rol l ing on hinr,
F e b . 2 1 . - S t . M a r y , s c h u r c h , o nDock street, dedicated.
C March 1 . -Work commenced on- new s tee l b r idge, on Second s t ree t .March 7.-John Mil ler founr-l
hung to a tree near Washingtonavenue-suicide.
March 14.-Death of Mrs. Denton,sel l ick, an early resident.
March 21.-Death ,of Ozias Math_er, at Menominee, an Alpena pioneer.
Apri l 1.-Charles And.erson ki l l -ed by a falilng tree, at GrandLake.
? April 6.-Vote in county on propo_. : i j i .oo to bui ld new jai l ,
-carr ied -by
, r d maJonty.? April ?.-New steel bridge ready
for travel.Apri l g.-Railroad meeting et the
opera house.
_ Apri i 13.-Wm. Genshaw dropsdead while walking up stairs to con-sult a physician.
Apri l 21.-Residence of Sisters otCharity, on Chisholm street, burnerl.
Apri l 23.-phi l ip Blancharddrowned on North Branch drive.
May 2l.-Jeremiah Gray killed at
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the Richardson mil l , by being caughton a shaft.
Mny 24.-Houses of Adam Mc-NeiI and Fred Scheff ler, and barn ofA. W. Ziem, on Second street, burn-ed ' r
Work of erecting the paper pulp )works commenced.
Aipena Marble and Granite Co.establ ished in May.
Jyns J.-J6hn Irwin ki l led onWest Branch drive.
June 1S.-Death of Mayor CharlesW. Richardson, aged 63.
June 19.-T'I lomas E. Thompson,aged seyen, drowned in the r iver.
June 25.-Death of Dougald Mc-Arlhur, a pioneer, aged 63.
July 24.-Work commen,ced onthe new pump house for waterrworks, on bay sftore.
Aug. S.-Detroit , Bay City & Al-pena rai lroad locomotive enters Os-sineke.
Aug. 15.-Jacob Meyer thrownfrom a buggy, at Long Lake, andk i l led .
Sept. l .-Harry Woolever drown-ed in the river-
Sept. 7.-Residence of Mrs. Rose,Green township, burned.
Sept. 14.-Baldwin school wreek-ed by f ire.
Sept. 2 0.-F irst regular train to ^Aipena, over Detroit , Bay City & AI- Xpena rai lroad, arr ives at temporary/. \depot about three miles from theheart of tJre city, on Ossineke road.
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I Oct. I1.-F. irst regular rai lway\ train arr ives at Washington avenue
depot.Dee. 3.-Mrs. Hugh McNeiI
drowned in a well in Long Rapids.
K Dec. lO.-Contract let to H-/ Sheeler, of Chicago. to move the'
Fletcher house to First street.Dec. 15.-Death 'of Mrs. A. N.
Spratt, aced 43.Dec. 2Z.-Death of Ren. William'
Donneliy, aged ?9.Dec. 25.-Edward Morris ki t ler?
at charivari party, in Long- Rapids,at residence of Louis Buchner.
" During'December the v/ater worksnew pump house. on the bay shore ,
,, began pumping water from the bay,/ and the sulphite paper putp workscommenced business.
At the c lose o f December , 1886,' Alpena makes a pretty fair showing.- Second street had cedar block pave-ment from Washington avenue to thebridge, River street from Second toThird, Third street from River toChisholm, Chisholm street from Sec-ond to Third, Water street fromBank block to tr'irst, Dock streetfrom bridge to Lake, Fletcher streetfrom Dock to Mil l .
The pfincipal bui ldings erectedduring the ysar were the paper pulpworks, gas works, Phi l Mahan's twobrick stores, J, W. Mil ler 's brickstore, water works pump house on
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the bay, anal two frame stores onDock street.
There were in the city at thatt ime, brick bui ldings, publ ic and pri-vate, to the number of 88. And byactual count, street by street, thecity contained 1,600 residences, largea n d s m a l l .
And Alpena is connectetl with theoutside world by a rai lroad. .1887-
Jan. 23.-Death of Wm. Mirre, ex-county surveyor.
\ J a n . 3 l . - F l e t c h e r H o u s e m o v e d \1) from old location to First street, be-,y', / tween Water and River, and re-nam-
ed The Churchi l l .Feb. 3.-Opening of toboggan
sl ide.Feb. 9.-Organization of Hopper
Lodge, F. and A. M,Feb. l4.-Death of Mrs. Sarah
l 'oung, aged, 72, and old r€sident.Feb. 15.-Sanborn township or-
ganized.March 1.-Chas. Staver killerl by
fal l ing tree, at Hubbrad Lake.
March 8.-Explosion of boi ler inCarr saw mil l , on the shore oppositeMiddle Island, and Emery, Eugeneand Waldo Car r k i l led .
March 10.-Phil ip Boyle kit lei lon X' letcher, Pack & Co. rai lroad.
March 20.-salvation Army makes Jits f i rst parade in Alpena.
During the early part of Apri l the )steel rai lroad bridge across the dam /was pompieted.
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May ?.-New lumber mil l of Fol-kerts, McPhee & Co. saws i ts f i rst1og.
May 14.-Barn of J. E. Denton se[on f i ie bY incendaries. Barns ofPatr ick NicDade and tr ' letcher, Pack& Co. set on f ire the previous night '
May 31.-schooner Van Valken-burg sunk bY steamer Lehigh, abouta mite north-east of Thunder BaYIsland.
June ?.-X' irst locomotive Passesover new steel railroad bridge' overthe t lam.
June 9.-Charles l lerron, Wilson' - townsh ip , bur ied by weI I cav ing in 'i Twelve hours under ground and
rescued al ive.June 16.-Dedication of A' O' U'
.W. hall, in the Mason block'
. June 2?.-Bl inkie Morgan captur-I ed at the residence of F. D' Wil l iams'\ Streriff Cliarles L. Lvnch shot in the
Ieg while making capture'
JuIy 11.-Burt Wil l iams, agetl 11years, drowned in the bay'
July 18.-SPecial elect ion on Bro-po t i i i6 " to bond the c i tv fo r $30 '000io puu" streets; defeated bY vote of3 3 9 ' t o 1 3 8 .
July 25.-Postoffice moved to theCull igan block.
JuIy 31.-Ed. Garland ki l led orrMutl Lake branch of railroad. Asleepon the track.
Aug. 1?.-Death of Sherif f Char-les L. Lynch, at Detroit , as result of
being shot by Bl inke Morgan, onJune 27 .
Aug. 24.-First locomotive, No. 8,enters Fletcher street.
Aug. 25.-Railroad completed to. i ts present terminus, at the depot.
New engine house, brick veneer,beirrg erected on Fletcher street.
#-+*Cement walks, the first in thecity, constructed in front of thejewelry store of C. H. Reynolds, onSecond street, and the Hospitalblock, on Chisholm street.
Sept. 2.-Barn of L. G. Dafoe,two horses and one cow burned.
Sept. ?.-Brick work on Dentonblock, River street, completed.
Sept. 1 9.-Clonstruction of rai l-road depot, on Fletcher street. com-menced.
Sept. 25.-Two residences of Jul i€r. F arwell , on First street, damaged by
f i r e $ 3 . 7 6 4 .During September, F. S. Dewey
compieted paving eight blocks .onChishohn street, two orl F' irst andorie on River.
Schoo l census shows 3 .133. o fschool ags in the city.
Oct 5-6-7.-Tenth annual countyfair.
Oct. 13.-James Hamilton, aged20, ki l ied in lumber camp, by logrol l ing on him.
Oct. 22.-New opera house open-ed
Oct. 2 4.-New rai lroad depotopened for business.
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Oct .27 . -Ph i l Cross and JohnO'Hara murder.
Nov. 13.-Trinity Episcopalchurch consecrated by Bishop Har-r ls.
Nov. 2?.-Ole Gulickson drownedin the bay.
The f irst numbering of housesand business places in the city oc-curred in November.
Improvements in the city during1887 were numerous, entai l ing ;large outlay of money. The stonejai l was erected by the county at a-cos t_ ,o f over 910,000, a two s to rybrick engine house was bui l t onF letcher street, Chisholm street waspaved eight blocks, River street oneblock and First street two blocks.Dr. L. C. Newton erected a two storybrick block on Second street. Jas. E.Denton bui l t a large brick two storyl ivery stable on River street. X.olk-e r ts , McPhee & Co. e rec ted a lumb: rmil l on the r iver below X.irst street,Geo. L. Maltz remodeled the operahouse and .put in a gal lery, theChurchi l l hotel was compleied, asteel rai lroad bridge was bui l t overthe dam, also a round house andpassenger depot and freight house,the German Baptists erected a newchurch at the corner of Fourth anrlSable streets, Beck & Co. bui l t alargs brewery on First street, Mc-Innis & Moffat erected a large .\ i lagonand blacksmith shop on Thi ial street.and hundreds o f p r iva te res ideneessprung into existence in variousparts of the city.
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188a-Jan. 15.-German Baptist churcL,
corner X'ourth and Sable streets, de-d ica ted .
Jan. 16.-First shipment of lum-ber by rai l , . Fletcher, Pack & Co.shipping three car loads to NewBalt imore.
Jan. 18.-Rev. M. J. Hall founddead on cedar r.oad-cause, heartdisease.
Jan.z4 . - I i r i r s t car load o f logsbrought by rai l , to mii l of E. K.Potter & Sons.
!'eb. 6.-Water company let con-tract to A. L. Holmes to extend ironinlet pipe from pump house, 1,b00teet into the bay.
During February the Alpena Loanand Building Associat ion was or-ganized. AIso, Alpena Court, I . O,F.
March 10.-Jefferson schoolburned. Loss 91 ,200.
Apri l 2.-Bonding the county for$100,000 car r ied by 144 major i t y ,to bui ld county roads.
May 2.-The Churchi l l Houseopened to the public.
May 3.-Frank Witkurski drown-ed in the mil l pond.
May 25.-Arthur R. Richardson,an old resident, thrown from a landrol ler, in Green township, ancl ki l lecl.
June 7.-1,other & Folkeits DIan-ing mi l l , foo t o f Ch isho lm s t ree t ,burned. Loss 910,000. A f te rwardsre-bui l t .
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June g.-Big snake reported seenon the fsaacson farm.
June 10.-Store of E. R. DesJar-dins, at corner of Chisholm andNinth streets, struck by l ightning.
Jnne 22.-Little girl lrameal Pillisdrowned in the river.
June 26.-Body of John tr 'owlerfound in the r iver. Had been miss-ing s ince Nov. 2 t l , 1887.
July 11.-Conflagration in Thirdward . 200 houses burned. 1 ,500peop le le f t homeless . Loss $300.000.I n s u r a n c e $ 9 8 , 5 5 0 .
Residence of Wm. J. Carney, inGreen township, destroyed by f ire.L o s s $ 1 . 2 0 0 .
A u C . 5 . - S t o r e a n d r e s i d e n c e o fJohn McSorlel ' , in Wilson townshio,burned. Loss 93 ,000.
Aug. 6.-M. Major 's residenee, onRiver s t ree t , damaged $2,000 byfire.
Aug. -30.-Residence of LouisAure, in Wils.on township, destroyedby f i re . Loss $5 ,000.
Sept. 8.-Residence of tr ' redRousseau, on River street, burned,w i th loss o f $1 .300.
Sept. 24.-School census shows3,140 of school age in the city.
Oct. 3-4.-Eleventh annual coun-ty fair.
Dec. l2.-First pumping of waterfrom the bay by the Alpena WaterCo.
Dur ing the year 1888, A lpena met
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with only one serious disaster, thegreat conflagration in the Thirdward, when 200 bui ldings wereburned. Over one hundred resi-dences were erected, outside of theburned distr ict, and in that part ofthe city between one and tvro hun-dred houses were bui l t over theashes of the ones destroyed on July11th. Luther & Folkerts erected af ire proof stone planing mil l on thesite of the one burned. the Churchi l lHouse was opened N[ay 2d , and 19 , -558 square yards of pavement wereIaid during the year.
1889-Jan. 23.-Patr ick Mclaughlin
ki l led near Hubbard Lake, by logrol l ing ,on him.
X'eb. 24.-Fire destroyed the groc-ery of H. J. & W. H. Eaton, with al o s s o f S 6 . 0 0 0 .
March 1S.-Body of Asa Spencerfound f loating in the bay. Spencerdisappeared in December.
Apri l 13.-Wanen Brown ki l ledon the X' letcher, Pack & Co. rai lway.
May 11.-The f irst car load ofdressed lumber shjpped from Al-pena, to Amsterdam, N. Y.
June 10.-Proposit ion to bondschool distr ict of the city for 915,-000, to bu i id new Cent ra l schoo lbui lding, defeated by vote of 186aga ins t 514.
June 12.-Laying of corner-stonefor St. Mary's Cathol ic church, onDock street.
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June 21.-Alpena shipped herf irst car load of box shooks, goingto Amsterdam, N. Y.
July 19.-The Churchi l l lumbermil l struck by l ightning, and des-t royed by f i re , w i th loss o f $100,000.
Aug. 18.-Laying of corner-stonefor German Lutheran church. cornerSecond and Mirre streets.
Sept. 10.-Thomas Lynch ki l ledby fal l ing on sharp st ick, at Kel ly 'scamp.
Sept. 30.-Huron Lumber Co. or-ganized, taking the place of the,Mason Lumber Co.
Oct. 9-10.-Twelfth annual coun-ty fair.
Dec. 26.-Lumbermen and Mer-.chants' Association organized, forthe purpose of sett l ing up Alpenacounty.
Churchill mill being rebuilt onsite of one destroyed by lightningand f ire on July 9th.1a90-
Feb. 13.-Robert McMaster shootshimself with revolver.
Feb. 28.-Propeller Jenks arr ivesfrom Port Huron, for a cargo of ice.
Apri i 2.-BeIl weighing over 3.-000 pounds placed in posit ion in bel l-fry of St. Bernard's churcb.
Apri l 8.-Disappearance of JohnW. Creighton, business man antlearly pioneer.
Apri l 18.-Death of Rev. ThomasB. Reid, rector of Trinity church.
May 14.-Finding of the botly of
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John W. Creighton in the bay, nearthe mouth of the r iver . DisappearedAp r i l 8 .
May 22.-Son of Michael Bisnerdrowned in the r iver , at the Com-stock ro l lway. Body received June
June 18.-Boi ler in Squaw Baylumber mi l l expioded, W. X' . Haskinsbadly scaided and leg broken.
June 2 8.-Ninth street br idgecomp lc ted .
July 10.-Js,mes Rooney k i l led atthe Fietcher mi l l .
July 25.-Death of Ralph Wi l -l iams, c iv i l war veteran.
Dur ing July a second artesian
1890 l9 t5INCORPORATED T9IO
[ddy Engineering Co.Plumbing and Heating
Engineers
Have served their customersin Alpena and vicinity for 25years, and hope to serve themtor 25 years longer,
Your orders will ALWAYShave their prompt and per-sor-ral attention.
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weil was sunk to a depth of 611 feetat the pulp mil l .
Aug. 8.-Residence of MonroeKIock, on First street, with house-hold effects, destroyed by f ire. Loss$ 4 , 0 0 0 .
Aug. 12.-DeathKneaIe,
Aug. 16.-DeathPhelps, a pioneer,Yeteran.
of Johl J.
of Wil l iam H.and civil war
Ansell Spool Co. organized duringIatter part of August.
Sept. 18.-Roller process f lourrr i l l of Jas. M. Johnston commencedoperations.
Sept. 19.-Contract for erectin8pew Central school bui lding let toFred A. Wi lson , fo r $31,800.
Sppt. 24-25-26.-Thirteenth an-nual fair.
Oct. 14.-Foundation commencedfor new Central school bui lding.
Oct. 19.-Hebrew society organiz'ed .
Oct. 23.-Matt ie Moulton acci-den'ral ly shot by Harry Beebe.
Nov. 5.-Death of MaJor ThomasH. Hunt, one of the early sett lersand civi l war veteran.
Nov. 20.-Bay View Elncampment,I . O. F . , o rgan ized.
Nov.22 . -E lec t r i c L igh t Co. re -organized.
Dec. ?. Death of John W. Pax-ton, one of the very early sett lers.
Dec. 12.-Marine Engineers Bene-f i t Associat ion organized.
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Dec. l-3.-Death ,of Benjamin !-.Luce, an old pioneer and businessman.
Dec. 20.-Postoff ice moved froslCull igan block to Bank block, onWater street.
During the yearblock, on Secondmenced and nearly
1891-
1890, the Mason icstreet, was coln-completerl .
Jan. 3.-Commencement of freemail del ivery in Alpena, by four€arriers.
Jan. 12 . -About 500.000 fee t o flumber burned on the wharf of Geo"N. Fletcher & Sons.
Jan. 30.-Dedication of new Ma-sonic temple, on Second street.
During the latter part of January,the Alpena Spool Works, the namehaving been changed from the An-sel l Spool Co., commenced opera-t ions .
/ tp r i l 29 . -Open ing o f y . M, C.A. rooms in Beebe block, Seconds l ree t .
' / May l l-Erection of NorthernExtract Works commenced.
May 29.-Lumber mil l ol S. W.Flanders, in Green township, burn-e d .
June 26.-Laying of corner-gtonetor St. Bernari l 's brick and stoneschool house, on Chisholm street.
June 26.-Body of X'rank Wheelerfound in the mii l pond. Aecidental lydrowneii-
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June 28.-Mart in Peterson drown-ed in Sunken Lake.
During June a rai lroad survey wasmade f rom th is c i l y nor thwest in toPresque Is Ie cou l ty .
July 9.-X' ire in groeery ,of Jul iusSzczukowski, Mcl lonald block, Rivers t ree t , does $4 ,000 damage.
Juiy 27.-Fire in lumber pi les onwharf of W. L. & H. D. Churchi l l .
JuIy 28.-I lurning of countyhouse, on county farnr.
, / Ju ly 3 I . -Spec ia l e lec t ion under/ new ju rymandered char tc r , w i th s ix
v/ards in the city,Aug. l .-Second survey of rai l-
road into Presque.Isle county,Aug. 6.--Ne\r pipe organ in Bap-
t ist church dedicated.Aug. ?.-Body of John Selmski
tound in the r iver, just below Secondstreet bridge. Accidental ly droivn-e d .
During the latter part of themorith, the old Central school bui ld-ing was torn down,
" Sept. 8.-Northern Extract Works^ commenced operations.Sept . 15 . -A lpena Magnet ic SuIp-
hur Springs and Sanitarium Com-pany organized.
Sept. 19.-New Central schoolbui lding opened to publ ic.
Oct. 1-2.-Fourteenth annualcounty fair.
. / oct. 5.--sahgonahkato Counci l ,' Royal and Select Masons organize(|.
Oc t .30 . -Work o f d r i l l i ng the
-well for the Alpena Magnetic Sul-phur Spring Company commenced.
Nov. 3.-Oliver pelkey, diver,dr,owned while examining wreck ofsunken prcpel ler Pewabic.
D e c . 2 8 . - F i r e i n t h emii l of tr ' red A. Wilson,street.
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During t891, the Northern Ex-tract Works were built and in rurr-ning order, the Alpena Pool Workserected ancl doing business, andbusiness blocks were increased bythe erection of the Beebe block ofthree stores, the Fitzgerald block ofthree stores, Davison block of twcstores on Chisholm street, the Ger-m a n A i d S o c i e l y b u i l t
- a f i n e n e w
hall on Dock street, the city erectedthe market bui lding, the AlpenaMagnet ic Su lphur Spr ing Co. wasorgan ized , the dr i l l i ng o f a we i lcommenced, and the erection of abath house was under way.| 892-
Feb. 22 -New ha l l o f German A idSociety, opened to the public, withbanquet and bal l .
Magnetic well at Sanitarium com-pleted, by the str iking of sulphur'water, at a depth of 1,26T feet.
During the last week in March. X'.W. F le tcher . J . C . Walker , G. A .Shannon and J . A . Corb in o rgan izean Excelsior Co. for the erectionof a mil l anrl the manufacture ofexcelsior.
Api i l l . -Death of Dr. Wii l iam p.
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Maiden, one of Alpena's f i rst phy-sicians, civi l war veteran.
May 1.-Five hundred cords ofhemlock bark destroyed by f ire, atthe Northern Extract Works.
Aipena Police Commission organ-ized.
May 3.-!gath of David Crippen.aged 69"
May 13.-Death of ex-Mayor Mou-roe Klock. civi l war veteran.
May Zl.-Excelsior Works com-rnenced operations,
l{ay 28.-Arthur Langlois diown:ed in thc bay .
July 1692-, Donald McRae dlock,on Dock i treet, completed this
- month.
_ Aug. 3.-Alpena Sulphite SulphurSpring Co. bath house opened to. i l republic.
Sept. 24.-Veteran Corps of AI-pena Guards organ ized.
Sept. 28-29-30-Fifteenth anrualcounty fair.
Schooi census gave 4,233 of schoolage in the city.
Oct. 17.-Death of John tr ' . Kel-ly, Register of Deeds, aged ?9, apioneer',
i Dec. 4.-Dedication of Congrega-I t ional new brick church.
Dec. 25.-Dedication of Baptist. new brick church.
During 1892, the Excelsior Workslr 'ere bui l t , and commenced . busi-ness; . the erection of a stave mil l
was started; the Norv/egian newbrick church, on Dunbar street, was€rected and dedicated; the Congreg-ational church was re-bui l t of brickand dedicated; the Baptist new brickchurch !! 'as bui l t and dedicatecl;foundation was constructed for thetr ' iench Cathol ic church, on Ninthstreet; the Alpena Suiphite SulphurSpring bath house and sanitariumwas completecl and opened; theGerman Aid Society brick hal l wascompieted and opened; Donald Mc-Rae added thi le stores to his brickblock, op Docl i street; the BeckBrewing Co. erected a large, threest.ory malt house, on tr ' i rst street; alarge brick bui lding was bui l t bythe county, on the poor farm; alarge number of private residenceswere erected, and the lumber mil lof E. K. Potter & Sons went out ofcommission,t 89;B-
Jan. 14.-X' ire gutted the tai lor-ing establ ishment of Bernard Kram-er, in the Blackburn buikl ing onSecond street.
Jan. 19.-The Thompson shinglemil l , on River street, between Sec-ond and Third, commenced turningout shingles.
Death of George W. Moffat, anold t irng lumber operator, and olr lres i dent .
Jan. Z1.-Death of Mrs. G. W.Moffat, 2 days after death of hus-band.
March l .-Store where B. Kramerburned out, being f i t ted up for the
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bo,ok and stat ionery business of H.H. Whi t te lsho ter .
March 8.-J. M. Lewis drawsplans for a new brick store, to beerected by J. T. Bostwick, on Riverstreet.
Addit ions and improvements iothe Gebhardt, Morrow & Co. planingmil l completed.
New stave manufacturing piant ofW. A. Cockley in operati .on.
-March 11.-First shipment of
staves from the new stave mil l .March 29.-Commencement of
work on the neV brick store of J-T. Bostwiik, on River srreet.
Apri l 12.*Death of John Trow-bridge, one of the f irst Iumbermenof Alpena, at Detr.oit .
F inding of the remains of MichaelX 'ox , who d isappeared on Nov.26 ,1892, in the R ichardson mi l l pond,laving been drowned. .
Apri l 20.-Xavier Paquin ki l led.by a falling tree, in Alpena town-ship.
Alger, Smith & Co. arranging toextend rai lroad from Alpena intoPresque Isle county, 26 miles.
Apri l 26.-Fire destroyed thedairy farm residence of E. P. Man-lon, on State. street.
May l0.-Machinery taken out ofthe Richardson water mil l , and ship-ped to Presque Isle county.
Completibn of the brick work onthe new store of J. T. Bostwick. onRiver street.
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Work of bui lding the northerndivision of the rai lroad commenc-ed.
May 11.-Finding of the body ofLawrence Hickey in the water nearthe mouth of the r iver. Hickey hadbeen missing for several weeks.
May 24.-Death of Charles Kram-er, one of Alpena old residents.
June 1.-Coll ision between steam--er Corsia and schooner Corsican, offThunder Bay Island, and the lattersunk with al l on board.
June 5.-E{ward Woodard drown-ed in the rive'r.
Two c rews o f men work ing on thenorthern extension of the rai lroad.
,/ Jur,e ?.-First raft .of iogs, 5,-000,000 fee t , a r r i ve a t A lpenafrom Georgian Bay.
Jun6 12.-4ndrew McQuaCe, con-ductor, ki l led on Mud lake branch.
June 2S. -Peter .DeMi l i , j r . , theman who superintended the con-struct ion of the gas r i lorks in Alpena,drowned at Chicago.
June 30.-Trial of the Moli tormurder cases commenced.
July 8.-Reception of newspapermen of Michigan, by cit izens of Al-pe l la .
Drowning of Andy, the 11 yearold son of Andrew Aikens, in t l ier iver.
Gebhardt. Morrow & Co. com-mence the erection of a two story ad-dit ion to the Lockwood sch,ool bui ld-inE.
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JuIy 17.-Special elect ion, Alpenacounty adopts the county road sys-tem, by a majori ty of 428.
Ju ly 19 . -Xav ie r Gokey k i i led bya fa l l ing l ree , a t B lack R iver .
Telephone completed between Al-pena and Middle Island.
July 31.-K. O. T. M. halt . atLong Rapids, dedicated.
Aug. 3.-tr'orest fires in northernpart of Alcona and southern port ionof Alpena counties, devoured thefarm bui ldings, contents and cropsof John Goodwin, A. Shrop, EnochEnger, C. J. Mattrews, J. Demsty,Fel ix Parro, Louis Derosie and L.C. Platt, and the portable saw mil lof Benjamin Kurz. A tract sevenmiles square was burned over.
Aug. 7.-Commencement of theivork of Iaying the rai ls for theextension of the rai lroad to LakeMay.
Aug. -16.-Forest f i res been rag-ing about Alpena for a week, thegreatest damage, aside from Os:-sineke township, being in the town-ships of Alpena and Maple Ridge,fa rm bu i ld ings and c rops be ing des-troyed in many instances.
, Gotl ieb Hausner, aged 65, founddead on Long Lake avenue,
Aug. 24.-Carpenter work on thenew addit ion to the Lockwood schoolbui lding completed.
Aug. 30.-Death of Henry M. Rob-inson, aged 83 years, an o1d residentof the county, and a prominentpioneer lumberman.
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S e p t . 7 . - F i r e a t E x c e l s i o r C o .plant destroyed storage sheds, ex-ceisor ani l wood to the value of$ 3 . 0 0 0 .
Fire at Northern Elxtract Worksburned 250 corr ls of hemlock bark.
Sept. 12.- i feath of Mrs. MalcolmMcPhee.
Sept. 12.-Fire in bui ldings onRiver street, damaged Industr ialWorks $5 ,000, burned the Stoddardl ivery barn, and the Crippen bui ld-ing; in the latter of which welethe G. A. R. hal l and the plumbingshop of Chas. T. Park.
Nevr addition of two rooms to theLockwood school occupied.
Hook and ladder truck addetl toAlpena f iTe department.
I ' inding of the remains of WallaceWyman, aged 13 years, in a swampon the South Branch, near Hub-bard Lake. The boy had been miss-ing since the middle of tr 'ebruary,1 8 8 7 .
Sept. l?.-Death of Mrs. SamuelBoggs, aged 63, an early sett ler,who f irst located in Alpena in 1858,and was in the hotel busines.s t i l l187 2 .
Sept. 19.-James Hil ler shot deadhy Wel l ing ton Schr imshaw, a t SquawBay.
Sept. 27-28-29-Sixteenth annualcounty fair.
Oct. l .-Dedication of the PolishCathcl ic church.
Oct. 4.-Northern Extract Worksshipped 100 barrals of hemlock ex-
6 0tract to St. petersburg, Russia, f i rstshipment Lo a county across i l ie At_lantic.
. - tr ' ' i re in Atpine block did gS,000damage, the sufferers being l- ioimes& Reyno lds , G. A . Shannon, O. n .Hanover, L. G. Dafoe, Dr. V. F. God_frey, Otto Gjorud and W. A. Mc_Dona ld .
Oct. 15.-Residenee of Edward .W,Woolever, in Alpena township, des-troyed by f ire.
.Oct . 18 . -Death o f Mrs . HonoraM-i1ton, a resident of Alpena from1 8 6 1 .
{ r *o 'v ' . l . - -Ra i ts la id on I6 mi tes o fi l re Atpena & Northern rai lroad.
- Industr ial Works being rebui l t ,after the f ire of Sept. 12.
Nov. 6.-Death of Mrs. James Bol_ton, an early seti ler of Alpena town_sh ip .
. N^ov . 14 . -A lp ine b lock , damagrdby f ire on Oct. 4. repaired.
_ E. O. Avery severely wounded bythe accidental discharge of a r i f le,wh i le ou t on a hunt ing t r ip .
Nov. 15.--Deailr at Virginia City,Minn., of Mrs. Hirman J. natoir iformerly of Alpena.
t Nov . 20 . -F i rs t regu la r t ra in over, the Alpena & Northern rai lroad.Mrs. James W. Marshall , a former
resident of Alpena, died in Kansas.' - Dec. S.-Burning of the residence
of John W. Gibsoir, on First street.r Dec. 26.-Incorporation of the Al_
pena County Savings Bank.
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Dec.28. -Death o f Mrs . JacobGebhard t , aged 66 . Mrs . Gebhard t'!l'as one of the early pioneers of Al-pe4a.
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,. Hauling logs over the Alpena &,Aorthern commenced the f irst weelt
/ in Jawary , 1894.' Feb. 24.-Death of W. J. Fitz-
gerald, agecl 70, father of J. W.l ' i tzgerald.
Nlarch 28.-tr ' inding of the bodyof NeiI McPhaiI, in the Fletcherrni l l boom. The man disappeared inN o v e m b e r . 1 8 9 3 .
Apri i 2.-By a majori ty of 948the people vote in favor of bondingthe county fo r $100,000, fo r i rn -proving the highways in the county.
Apri l 4.-Death, at Iron River, ofCharles Johnston, an old t ime lum-berman and land-looker of Alpena.
. Schooner Voges, of Alpena, incol l ision with steamer Majestic, onSt. Clair r iver, and Hugh McOafferyk i l led .
April ll.-James Xl. Grant com-pleted store bui lding at 915 Chish-olm street.
Apri l 15.-Death of Dougalcl W.Campbell , supervisor of Fir i ,h ward,
^ a n d a r e s i d e n t o f A l p e n a s i n c e 1 8 6 5 ./ Apr i l 16 . -A lpena County Sav ings
Bank opened for business.Apri l l8.-Death of Abram S.
Phelps, for 20 years a resident ofAlpena, a lumberman.
May ?.-Frank C. Holmes com-
6 2Imenced work preparatory to tbeerection of a stone and brick st,or.ebui lding, two stories high, on gsg_ond street, next to the MasonicTemple.
l \{ay 10.-Death of Mrs. Goupel,o f ^A lpena townsh ip , a t the ug" ' o i1UU years .
_ May 11.-Wil l iam pokorenski, alad_ o f - -12 years , run over by carsand k t l led , a t the . ,Y . "
- The f ive year o1d son of patr ickR.yan ki l led by a box fai l ing upo;him.
- , . Y9y .1S. -Heavy snow s to rm, andl lgn t r igs were brought ou t fo r Maysieighing.
, May 3O.-euestion of woolen mil lfor Alpena being discussed.
Juns 4.- Death of David B.Wright, a pioneer of Alpena.
, June ?.-Ross Huord, while peel_- i lg - bark , near Cathro , in ju red- t rvl\-! ^of tree failing opoo hi-, aoidied from the accident.
June 8_.-An bight years old boynamed Kowelski, drowned in r iveib e l o w C h i s h o l m . s t r e e t b r i d g e .
June 2 Z.-Death of George C.Maltz, father of Geo. L. Maltz andMrs. J. C. Comfort.
July 2.-John A. McDonatd, aged18, ki l led by the accidental di*_ch.alqe of his gun, while visitingrelat ives in Wilson township.
State census gives populat ion ofc i ty a t 12 ,156.
July 17.-Death of Mrs. John
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Campbell , aged 76, one of the earlysett lers.
July 19.-Death of James Troden,aged 65, a resident of Alpena since18Gb and civi l war veteran.
Mason work completed oD newsfore of Frank C. Holmes.
July-2Y.-Death of Mathew Oliver,aged 57 , one o f the p ioneers .
Death of Damas DesJardins, oneof Alpena's prominent merchants.
Juyl 2 8.-John Banett, agei l70, run over by the cars, at thedepot, and ki l led.
Aug. 5.-Death of Horatio A.Creen, aced ?5 .
Aug. ?.-Thomas Johnson ki l lei lby the cars at Cathro.
Aug. 13.-tr ' i re destroyed boi lerroom of Northern Extract Works.
Aug. 15.-Death of Wil l iar irDeadman, aged 61 .
Aug. 19.-Death of Joseph B.Comstock. of the f irm of ComstockBros .
Aug. 22.-Industr ial Works man-ufacturing a Kline steam hammer,to be sent to Nfexico.
Aug. 23.-Frank C. Holmes com-menced business in his new stonefront store.
AuS. 31.-Frank X'ebrau drownedoff the X' ietcher mil l d,ock.
School census of ci ty shows 4,541of school age.
Sept. l2.-Commencement of theerection of the woolen mil l , onTenth street.
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ran on North Point reef, wrecked,wheat pumped out, and vessel after-ward released, bought by F. W.Giichrist, and taken to Bay City forrebui lding.
S e p t . 2 O . - D e a t h o f J a m e s E .X ' ie ld , aged 62 , one o f A lpena 's .prominent druggists,
Sept. 24.-Death of Oliver tr'itz-patr ick, an early sett ler in Alpena.
Sept. 26-2-t-28.-Seventeenth an-n u a i c o u n t y f a i r .
Oct. 1.-Death of Captain Alonzotr].. Persons, aged 76, one of the earlypioneers.
Oct. 11.-Moench & Sons Co. pur-chaSe the Potter mil l property, forthe erection of a tannery.
j /4ct. 23.-Chris. Englefeldt ki l lettr- by the accidental discharge of agun, a t squaw Bay.
Oct. 27.-Propeller D. M. Wilsonfoundered in 42 feet of water. offTh under Bay Is land, loadet l w iL j rcoal. Crew saved by l i fe-savers.
Phil ip Mil ler takes contract toerect rol ler r ink on Washingtonavenue, for Richard Nolan. to beknown as thO Casino.
Potter Dardware Coestablished ISgZ
Corner Second Avenue andRiver Street
Nov. 18.*New Presbyterianchurch in Maple Ridge dedicated.
Uec. 20 . -Death o f John S. n l i l -ler, civi l war veteran, aged 51, anold resident of Alpena.
Dec. 2 6.-Death of James W.Reid, one ,of the earl iest among thcsett lers, having come to Alpena in1859, and fo l lowed the f i sh ing bus i -ness,
1895-Jan. 10.-First banquet of the Al-
pena Business Men's Associat ion, atthe Churchi l l .
Jan. 11.-Death of George A.I: Iorvard, a well known early Alpenacit izen, at West Harrisvi l le.
Jan. 16 ._Res idence o f wm.Iadden burned, on Adams street.
Jan. 22.-L. T. Kl ine completedan automatic spool manufacturingnachine.
Jan. 25.-Death of Mrs. IJ. T,X l ine , aged 3 5 .. Jan . 30 . -F . A . R ice comple ted
survey of the Potter ni l l property,for erection of Moenclr & Sons tan-,nery .
F'eb. l- .-Death of Mrs. Albert W,Brown.
Name of Detroit , Bay City,& Al-pena rai lroacl changed to Detroit &Maci<inac.
Feb. 7.-Burning of residence ofRobert Thompson, on Chisholnistreet, Just across the bridge, withhousehold goods. Bui lding was us-ed as smal lpox hosp i ta l in 1872-3 .
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Feb. 9.-Death of Mrs. MaryCreigton, aced 50, a pioneer of Al-pena.
Feb. 18.-Saw mil l of Jos. J. Tun-more, in township of Maple Ridge,burned.
Apri l 4.-Shingle mil l of GeorgeMasters, at Campbellvi l le, destroyedby fire.
.- Alpena Mutual Telephone Co. or-ganized and off icers elected.
Apri l 10.-Residence of Chas,Green, on Fletcher street, burned,with contents.
Apri l 17.-Alonzo Sanborn com-mitted suicide.
Apri l 19.-Land purchased of H.R. Morse for the erection of theTaber tannery.
Apri l 27.-Death of Moses Brown,aged 64, a prominent mil ir ight, u'hocame to A lpena in 1871.
May 3.-Death of Mrs. ElizabethShephardson, agetl ?5, mother ofMrs . Dr . Wi lk inson-
, l lay 8.-Alpena Mutual TelephoneCo. refuses to sel l out to Bel l Co.
Work commenced on the ereetionof the Taber tannery.
May 13.-Snow storm set in earlyin the rnorning and continuetl 30hours .
May 16.-Death of James Woods,a pioneer of Alpena.
May 17.-Joseph Bell ki l let l atStovell's camp, by log rolling onhim.
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/ Ea les Bros . & Co. p repar ing toiJ' erect shingle mil l , on Oldfield stre€t.
/ Plans drawn for the erection of, / two br iek s to res , on Doek s t ree t , by
/ Isaac Cohen and Mrs. H. Joachim-sthal.
Detroit & Mackinac railroacl sur-veying l ine for buikl ing i ts own roadtrom EmerSr Junction to Bay City,a long the shore .'
May 29.-Death of George Sin-elair, dry goods merchant.
May 31.-Coll ision, off Mitt t t leIsIand, betu'een steamship NOrmanand propeller Jack. Norman sunk,antl three l ives lost, Jack harl bowstove in and vsaterloggetl ,
Ju lg l . -gmal l saw 'mi l l o f Lang-lois & Lamore, in Maple Ridge,struck by l ightning and burned.
June 5.-Child of Alex LaManeburned to death. Playing with f ireancl clothing caught in the f lames.
June 15.-Owen X'ox commencedrvorir on the erection of the I. Cohenand Mrs. Joachimsthal stores.
June 20.-Alpena Woolen Mil lcommenced operations.
Ealeg Bros. & Co. shingle mil lcommenced turning ,out shingles.
Moench & Sons Co. commence'work toward the erection of thetannery at West .Alpena, and con-t rac t fo r 1 ,000,000 fee t o f lumbertor the bui ldings. Potter mil l be-
T ing to rn down to make room fo r,/ tannery.' June 26.-Death of Mrs. James
I)everaux, aCed 30.
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June 2g.-August Picor, aged 12drowned while attempting to swir:aeross the r iver.
Surveyors f inished survey of D .,1' & M. road from Ta$as to BaY Citr ' ,
a l o n g i h e s h o r e .JuIy 8.----Mrs. Wil l iam Seymour,
of Mil l street, ends her l i fe by tak-ing paris green.
July 9.-Residences of John J'( lathro and Jos. Tunmore, of I \{aplel i idge, burned by forest f i res.
.Iuly 2 0.- l ' i re in storehouse ofMinol Lumber Co., on River street.
Ju ly 22 . -Death .o f C i tY Marsha ll)cuglas Scott, ex-sherif f , and a resi-t len t o f A lpena s ince 1866, c iY i i wa lveteran.
Xloench & Sons Co. lose 400 cords.of hemlock bark, by f ire, at BlackRiver.
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A\g. [ .- tr ]pqr1a Mutual Tel,:-phone Co. has telephones in opera-t ion .
H. D. Cleveland commenced theerection of a nerv hoop factory.
: tug. 12.-Completion of brickwork on Chisholm street addit ion tothe Harshaw block.
Brick work completed on the Colr-en and Joachimsthal block.
Sept. 2.-Work of constructine;county road commenced on Wilsonroad,
School census for 1885 shows4,652 ol school age in citY.
Sept. 8, tr 'olkerts, McPhee & Co.lumber mil l , on the l iver, belolv
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First street, burned, with a largequanti ty of iumber shingles, etc.Loss about $30.000.
Engine House No. 2. on Fletcherstreet, burneal.
Barn and contents of X'rederickW. Rayburn, Wilson township, des-t royed by f i re , w i th loss a t $b .000.
Sept. 9.-County r6ad being bui l tto Long Rapicls, and two to Lonr(Lake.
Sept. 1s.-Jtrame work forMoench tannery completed.
Sept. 20.-Organization oi LongRapids lodge, I . O. O. X'.
Sept. 26.-Foundering ot schoonerC. A. King, .owned by Capt. JamesGlenn, off Point Aux Barques.
Sept . 25-26-27. -E igh teenth an-nual county fair.
O,ct. 2.-Cohen and Joachimsthalblock compieted and occupied.
Oct. 9.-Work begins on the erec-t ion of a new brick engine house forNo. 2 Co. f i re departmnet, on ! ' let-cher street.
D. & M. rai lroad being construct-ed along ths shore, from EmeryJunction to Bay City.
Death, from paralysis, of GeorgeN. Blackburn, a resident of Alpenat r o m 1 8 ? 0 .
Oci. 23.-Builcl ings for the Tabertannery completed.
| r f6y . g . -1111119 o f 1 ,400,000feeL of lumber, on the Churchi l lr .harf.
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NoY. 4.-Commencing of tanningIeather at the Taber tatrnery.
Nov. 13.-Wil l iam Stephensonfound dead in the woods, near theterminus of the Northern Diyisionof the rai lroad.
Nov. 21.-the work of laying thetrack from the depot grounds to themil l of F. W. Giichrist was com-menced.
Dec. 9.-Commencement of tan-ning leather at the Taber tannery.
Dec. 18 . -Up to th is da te , 982,000had been expended in making countyroads, by the road commissioners.
New brick engine house for HoseCo. No. 2 is completed.
Dec. 26 . -The new hoop mi l l o fH. D. Cleveland commenced oper:r-t ions.1496-.
Jan $.-gggsnd banquet of the At-pena Business Men's Associat ion.
Jan. 22.-Bell Telephone Co.cuts rates, with an effort to driveout Mutual.
tr 'em. 11.-Death of George S.Lester, aged 84, ex-judge of probate;an old pioneer, and former businessman of Alpena.
Ireb. 2 6.-Samuel Boggs takescontract to bui ld a pavi l ion at HuronBeach.
F e b . 2 8 . - F i r s t s h i p m e n t o f A 1 -pena tanned leather, from the Tabertannery.
March 1.-Death of Jul ia Farwel!,one o f the very ear ly se t t le rs o f A i
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pena, and one 'of
the organizers ot-thu Cong"nsational society, in 1862'
lVlarch 3.-Death of Thomas CoI-l ins , aged -52 , a res ident o f A lpen i rIor thirty years, having served astreasurer.
Holmes & Reynolds erect a storebuilding at the oorner of Chisholmard Ninth streets.
March 5.-sudden death of €x-sherif f John Mclaughlin.
March 12.-Death of Mrs' B. Jer-rn in , aget l 76 .
lVlarch 16.-Organization of Al-pena Hoop Co., and Purchase ofFlanclers salf f mil l . Green township.
r March 18.-F. W. Gilchrist Pre-I p?r€S to erect mil l for the manufac-
/ tu re o f map le f loor ing , nex t toplaning mil l of J. M. Johnson.
'Work commenced toward the erec-t ion of the Huron Beach Pavi l ion.
Apr i l 1 , 1896, Moench & Sons Co 'tanner i , , a t West A lpe l la , commer tcedrunning.
Alpena HooP anil Lumber Co. or-ganited by John W. Eales, RolandHughes and Charles W. Trask, andthe Island Mil l of the Minor LumberCo. purchased.
Aprl l 9-Death of Johnston Ham:ilton, at Traverse City asylum' oncein business in AlPena, and at onetlme chief of the f ire department.
. April 12 Death of i\[rs. M. T'Hunt, aged 68, mother of Mrs. J. T'Bostwick, who came to AlPena whenit rvas only a I i t t le hamlet.
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Api l Z5-Death ofaged 62 , one o f t heLong Lbke, comingi n 1 8 6 9 .
John H. Small,first settlers atto this county
Apri l 27.-The Moench & SonsCo. commence tanning leather at themammoth tannery, at West Alpena.
May 1.-De6.th of David S. Mc.'Ne i l , ager 77 , w l la ,came to A lpenai n 1 8 7 2 -
Alpena trVoolen Mil l being enlarg-ed and improved.
May 6.-Suicide ,of Charles Ander-son, by drowning, in Hubbard Lake.
i i lay 10.--Burning of i l re planingand shingle mil l of P. H. Luther. althe foo t o f Ch isho lm s t ree t .
Shor tage o f g21,000 found in theaccounts of the Alpena Loan andBuilding Associat ion, which was thebeginning of ihe end.
Huron Beach CIub pavi l ion com-pleted.
illay 23.-Boiler explosion on prr,-pel ler Rhoda Stewart, off Middle Is-land, and Wrn. H. Kesten, of Al-pena, Robert Norton, of -AuSable,and Court Schrader scalded to deat.h"
Wm. H. Hendrieks struck by af lying piece .of edging, at MinorLumber Co. mil l , and died in a fewhours.
May 24.-Burning of barn ofJacob Levyn, with contents, includ-ing a horse.
lVlay 26.-Death of T,homas G.Spratt, aged 68, one of the ol i lpioneers, arrd a lunberman. civi lwar veteran-
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June 21.-Death of Mrs. HannahE. Ingerson, agetl 62, an old resi-dent. and well known nurse.
June 2 6.-Peter O'Keef e fal lsfrom r 'oof of residence of W. I{.f javison, and sustains injuries fromwhich he died the next day. Agetl6 0 .
July 1.-At Port Huron, death ofCharles Hgeber, aged 70, who cameto Alpena in 1867, and residetl heret i l l 1 8 8 8 .
July 6.-Commencement of workon the erection of the Huron }Iandleancl Lumber Co. mil l .
July 11.-Death of Truman Smith.aged 77 years.
July 17.-Arrival of steamer H. L.Root, to search for the wreck of thePewabic.
July 3O.-Death of Fred Tel l ier,from being struck by a piece of edg-ing, at the Pack mil l .
July 3l.-Thomas F. Hooley, ofAlpena, meets death by accident, atBig Bay Point.
Auc. 6.-Michael Dwyei, a lunr-y' :erman, run over and ki l led on the
oA. & N. , near Hurs t .
/ aus. z4.-Death of Capt. .Erestus( M. Har r i r rg ton , aged 69 , uho canre
I t o A l p e n a i n 1 8 6 8 .
I S"pt. 1.-Death of Hon. 'Wil l ia.rn
,f Henry Potter, aged 55, one of they' very early sett lers, having .cme to
Alpena in 1860, and engagetl in thelumber business. He was mayor of
' A l p e n a i n 1 8 7 9 a n d 1 8 8 0 .
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Sept. Z.-Death of David D. Mor-rrs, aged 58, for over twcniy yearsa resident of Aipena.
Sept. ?.-Death of Joseph P. Hea-ley aged 55 years, a resident of thecity since 1869, and in the grocerybusiness. He served two terms asalderrnan from the old Secclld $/ard.
sichool populat ion of tb., ; ci ty4 , 4 8 7 .
Sept . 16 . -Det ro i t & Maek i r racrai lway ru4s i ts f i rst train over thenew road along the shore, fromIt lmery Junction to Bay City.
Sept. 23.-The prcpel ler Rootaitandons thc search for .uhe wrcckedPe wabic- unsuceessf ui-
Sept. 23-24-25.-Nineteenth an-nual county fair.
Oct. S.-Steamer Loretta burne'- lat Black River, sett ing f ire to thedock and lumber , anc l b00,000 fee to f l u m b e r , 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 s h i n g l e s a n d250 feet of dock destroyed.
Oct. 19.-New planing mil l of l ' .W. Gilchrist, for the manufactureof ' hardwood f looring, commencesturn ing ou t f loor ing .
Oct. 31.-Death of Nels Rivet,for 32 years a resident of Alnena.A g e d 7 3 .
\sy. g.-fsath of X'red S. Steele.aged 55 , fo r 16 years a res ident o fthe city, and one of the businessmen, veteran of Civi i war.
Nov. 10.-Drowning of D. D.Spaulding, of this ,ci ty, but l ight-.keper on Spectacle Reef.
Nov. 19.-Death of AlexanderBuchauan, aged 85, a resident of AI-pena f rom 1873, and a t one t imecity treasurer.
Nov. 20.-Death of Anthony Bra-bant, aged 79, for over thirty yearsa resident of Alpena.
N o v . 2 1 . - B u r n i n g o f t h e l a r g efarm barn of Dr. A. Wilkinson. atWest Alpena.
Dec. 1.-Commencement of thework of remodeling the Islantt Mil l ,by the Alpena Hoop and Lumber Co.
Dec. 14.-Death of Mrs. CharlesKeating, aged 39, known to many ofthe cit izens as Maggie Black.
/ Dec . l? . -The Huron Hand le &, / Lumber Co. p lan t s teams up fo r the
/ f i rst t ime.7 Dec. 19 . - "Cood-by , boys ; I 'm go-
ing after that l i t t le chap, i f I neverget back," was the remark made by5'oung Hiram- Gallagher, as he wentdown through a hole in the ice, int lv-elve feet of water, to rescue RoyPearson, who had but a minute be-
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Glre ff iorwegian Bn0Gbe Tr i6bman
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fo.re _broke through the ice jn the,F ' le tcher mi l l boom. But he cameback, bringing up the unconsci,ouscompanion, and had the satisfact ionof knowing that he saved the l i feof youpg Pearson.
' D-"., 26.-Death of John Gavagan,
a€ed 52, a resident of Alpena forthirty years, and conducteO a frot l lnearly t i re entire t ime.1897-
. _Jan. ?.-Third annual banquet of'Alpena Business Men's Associat iotr,a t the Churc i r i l l
_ Jan, 13.-Death of Daniel Carter,the oldest pioneer of Alpena, whof i rs t came to th is loca l i t y in ' f Sb f ,and^rnoved here with hiJ family in1 8 5 6 .
_ ?eb. 8.-Organization of UnionLife Guards, and elect ion of off icers.^- X'eb. 12.-Lincoln banquet, at theCh urc i r i l l .
__ Feb. 24 . -Death o f Capt . Geo. R.Howes, by suicide, at Carieton.
Apri l l . -Death of Duncan Mc_Phail , an old resident of the city.
* Apri l 5.-Death of Gordon H.Davis, aged 61, one of the earltpio_n^eers, having come to Alpena in1859, and was engaged in t ie fum_ber bus iness .
- Apri l 12.-Mil l of Alpena Hoop &Lunber Co. commencecl operatiois.
Death of James Moffat, an Ossin-eke farmer, by a fal l ing tree.
Apri l 17.-John A. Smith ki l leal
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at the Ox-Box, while breaking a rol l-way.
Apri l 25.-Death of George M.Slusser, ex-judge of probate, and ares ident o f A ipena s i r i ce 1875.
May 9.-The H. D. Clefeland hoopmil l total ly destroyed by f ire.
I Iay 12.-Henry Stoppa, a ladeight years old, fel l into the r iverand was drowned.
May 13.-Death of Thomas H.I-ester, aged 53, for over thirty yearsa resident of Alpena.
May 1?.-Albert W. Brown pur-chases land on Tenth street, for theerection of an excelsior mil l .
May t9 . - f t6dy o f Ben jamin Ass i -l i4, aged 63, who had been missingaboul two weeks, found at the rnouthof the rvier.-Accidental drowning.
May 20.-Stearners Florida andGeorge W. Roby col l ide in LakeHuron, between Midle Island andPresque Isle, and Florida sunk.
l \{ay 23.-Death of Melvin D. Mil-l iken, one of Alpena's pioneer lum-ber operators.
June 1.-H. D. Cleveland coni-menced the re-bui lding of his hoopmil l , burned on May 9th.
June ?.-Work of tearing downthe old Minor Lumber Co. boardinghouse commenced, preparator;r toerecting two large oi l tanks for theStandard Oil Co.
Capt. Smith, of the propeller Root.f inds the sunken steamer Pewabic.
June g.-John Streike fel l from
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schooner Blaine, into the r iver, andd rorvned"
June 13.-Death of John L. John_ston, one of the oldest residents ofMontmorency county, at Hi l lman.
June 2O.-Albert W. Brown com-menced the erection of his new ex_c e l s i o r m i l l .
July g.-Mrs. E. G. Crorvel l , af,ormer resident of Alpena, died inChicago, a,s result of being run overby a heavy truck.
July 21.-Death of John Walker,father of Mrs. John Sinclair.
July 3O.-Wah Sing, Chineselaundryman, committed suicide.
Ang. 2.-Jss M. Johnson bui ld_ing three story addit ion to his f lourm i l l .
Aug. l?.-Death of Gregory La_Londe, aged ?9, for 28 years a resi-dent of Alpena.
Aug. 23.-Gebhardt, Morrow &Co. take contract for re-buikl ing theU. S. f ish hatchery.
Aug. 26.-Death of Dr. Ami L.Seama-n, aged 69, for over 2? yearsone o f A lpcna 's phys ic ians .
Sept. 4.-Propeller Root brings toport, several tons of copper from thesunken s teamer pewab ic ,
Sept. 1S.-Death of Mrs: El iza_bgt-h Richardson, a pioneer, andwidow of the late George Richard-son.
Sept. 29-30, Oct. 1.-Twentiei lrannual county fair.
Oct. 6.-Death of Mrs. Mary A.
7 sHarris, aced 81, a resident of Alpenaf rom back in the '60s .
Oct. 21.-Death of Joseph H.Reed, aged 55 .
O c t . 2 5 . - E x c e l s i o r m i l l o f A l -bert W. Br.orvn commenced opera-t ions.
Besser stave mil l being erected onnorth side of mil l pond.
Nov. 6.-Comstock Brothers' shin-gle mil l burned to the ground.
Nov. 12.-City placed under quar-antine, on account of an epidemicof diphtheria.
Nov. 13.-Body of Joseph Lit t le,aged 48, found in the woods nearRainy Lake.
Dec. l .-Steamer Egyptian burn-ed to the water's edge, off SturgeouPoint.
De,c. 8.-Tearing down of AlbertPack's r iver mil l commenced, tomake room for the erection ,of theFletcher paper mil l .
Death of Charles E. Wil l iams, anattorne)' of Alpena.
Dec. 10.-Diphtheria quarantinein the city raised.
Dec. 19.-Maurice El. Casey shootshis wife four times with revolver.but woman recovered, and Casey wassent to prison.
Dec. 31.-Residence of AlbertKerschstein, with contents, onFourth street. burned.1aga-
Jan. 10.-Work commenced onthe erection of the Geo. N. tr'letcher
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& Sons paper mil l , on X' letcherstreet.
Jan. 26.-Irourth annual banquetof Business Men's Asso,ciat ion.
Jan.30 . -Death o f Mrs . Fann ieMccartney, aged 75, at Port Huron,mother of B. R. Young.
Jan. 31.-Opening of Alpena Busi-ness College.
!-eb. 14.-Second annual Lincolnbanquet, at the Churchi l l .
tr 'eb. 2 6.-Frank Nearing ki l ledby cars near Ossineke.
March 14.- Kelsey Grocer Co.open wholesale house, in Boltonblock
Apri l t .-Stone and brick wallsof Fletcher paper mil l being erected.
Apri l 8.-Death of Mrs. RebeccaRoth, aged 86, mother of Mrs. JacobLevyn. She had been a rebident ofAlpena for 26 years.
Apri l 13.-Mil l of Alpena Excel-sior Co. and the old Richardson mil l .a t the dam, des t royed by f i re .
Apr i l 17 . -Thos . W. Ne i l , aged 1? .erushed under logs at polaski, andr l ied the same even ing .
Apri l 19.-Propeile,r Outhwaitewent ashore at X'alse Presque Isle,and was a to ta l wreck .
Apri l 26.-The Alpena Guardsleave town, en route for act ive dutyin the Spanish-American war.
Apri l 28.-Second street being re-paved, by John Monoghan.
May tr5.--Boy named August Rat-
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dke drowned in the r iver near thehandle factory.
l lay 28.-The 33d Miehigan regi-ment, with Alpena Guards as Co. B,leave the state for the scene of ac-t :on .
Ma 29.-Death of Adelaide Huot,aged 87, mother of Fred Huot.
May 30.-Launching of the nap-tha pleasurs boat of D. D. Hanover,bui l t by Chas. Christ ie.
June l0.-Death of Mrs. MarthaMcCallum, aged 4d, for 30 years aresident of Alpena.
June lg.-George G. Campbeirand Peder Olson, both of Milwaukee,lose their l ives in the diving bel l ,While searching the wreck . of thePewabic .
July 5.-Death of Capt. DonaldMcKenzie, at Duluth, formerly keep-er of Middle Island life saving sta-t ion.
July 5.-Death of Mrs. HendrichTigehon, aged ?tr, antl old,residentof the city.
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July 16-Death of John Coll ins,aged 46, a lumberman, and for 24years an Aipena resident.
July 3O-Brick and stone work forthe new X'letcher paper mill com-pleted.
Aug. l0-Death of Cha,r les W.Ell is, of Co. B. at sea. while return-ins fr,om Cuba.
Arig. 12.-Receipt of news ,ofdeath of color sergeant Arthur M.Heney, of Co. B in Cuba.
Aug. 21-News received of deathof Ralph E. Spratt of Co. B, at CampAlger.
Aug. 24-Arrangements ,com-pleted for re-bui lding the plant ofthe Alpena Excel.sior Company,burned Apri l 13.
Aug. 26-I. Cohen purchases theRichardson pr'operty, next to bridge,for the bui lding of another brickbIock.
Sept. 4-Return of Co. B fromCuba.
Sept. 8-Barn and contents ofSimon King. threshing machine ofNathan 'Wiggins and Harry Hableand team of horses of L. D. Wyman,burned in Maple Ridge.
Sept. 14-Death of Mrs. Wm. J.Paxton, aged 46, a resident of A1-pena for 27 yearc.
Sept. 1?-Death of Mrs. Della S.Churchi l l , aged 90, mother of W. L.and FI. D. Churchi l l ,
Sept. 21-Propeller Root abandon5
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the wreck of the Pewabic for theseason,
Cjeorge N. Fletcher & Sons com-plete rai lroad to site of new PulPmil l at Br.oadwell dam.
Death of Wil l iam E. Depew, aged50, a t Har r isv i l le .
Death of John D. SheahY, aged 60,fcr over 30 years a resident of Al-pena; civi l war veteran.
Body of W. M. Austin, ' formerprincrpal of Alpena high school,fcund in Cass r iver, near Vassar.
Sept. 23.;Death of George TaY-lor, aged 60, pioneer lumberman.
Sept. 28-30-Twenty-f irst annualoounty fair.
Sept. 3O-Death of Mrs. CharlesH. Hall , at Long Lake.
Oct. 12-Ground being clearedand preparations made for newpulp mil l at Broadwell dam.
AIpena Excelsior rCo. icomBletedn e w n r i l l .
L. T. I i l ine preparing for the erec-t iorr of large addit ion to Industr ial\ \-o l l ;s.
Electr ic Light and Water Workscompanies erect new power houseat Richardson dam.
Oct. 14-Death of Mrs. Wm.B.urns, aged 57, for 30 years a resi-dent of Sanborn.
Oct. 17-Death of Mrs. Mary A.McNeil , aged 82, widow of the lateDavid S. McNeil .
Oct. 2 3-Alfred T. Portwoodscalded to death by explosion ontug*Arthur D.
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Oct. 24.-Alpena Exceisior Co.irew mil l started.
Oct. 31-L. T. Kl ine commencederection of addit ion to Industr ialtrVorks.
Nov. 2-Donald McRae com-mences erection of brick block onRiver s t ree t .
Brick work on I. Cohen new bt.ockcommenced.
\ov. 5-Death of A. P. McDon-a ld , aged 91- -
Nov. 6-Death of Geo. W. Loyst,aged 61 .. Noy. 1+-lDeath of Abrani R.Blakley, aged 55, for over 38 yearsa resident and businesp man of Al-pena. I Ie had served the ,ci ty as al-derman, supervisor and city compt-r.ol ler, and served one term in thestate legislature.
Nov. 16-OId Cenlial Hotel beinsremodeled for the opening o[ a hos--pital by Dr. Bonnevi l le.
Nov. 2Z-Death of Charles R.Taylor, for 24 years a resident of: \ lpena.
Dec. 4-Death of George D. Brad-ford, aged 63, one of Alpena,s ,olr lbusiness men, for 30 years a resi-dent of the cit ; ' .
Hebrew.s organize a lodge of In-dependent Order of B'nai B,r i th and.elect officers.
Dri l l ing a well at partr idge pointin search of oil.
Dec. 8_-F ire in Armory caused
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(onsiderable damage to bui lding andcontents.
Dec. 10-Death of Mrs. CatherineE. I larr ington, aged 68, widow oflaie Capt. E. M. Harrington.
Dec. 14_Barn of Wil l iam J.Carney, Green townshiB, destroyedhy fire.
Dec. 24-Death of Mrs. Al lenRichardson, of Wilson, one of thecounty's oldest residents.
Dec. 28-Cc. B, 33d MichiganVol. Inf. , mustered out oi service at.A.lpena. \
1n99.-1899 was the winter of l i t t le snow
and hard treezing. Water pipes invarioug parts of the city frozen sol id.
. Jan. 5-X'irst sheet of paper wasturned out at the X'letcher papermil l .
Jan. 6-Burning of the store of J.Piaskowski, on Long Lake avenue.
Jan. l?-X'ifth annual banquet ofAlpena Business Men's Associat ion,at the Churchi l l .
Jan. 2g-Death of Samuel P.Smith, aged.52, of Long RaBir ls,for 34 y€ars a resid.ent of Alpena,most of the t ime in the city.
Feb. 6-Death of Miss El izabethC. Nason, former l ibrarian of thepublic school l ibrary, and for sev-eral years in the book antl stationerybusiness. -
Feb. g-Accidental death of Jas.Hamilton at Metropol is, Mich., aformer lumberman of Alpena,
tr-eb. 18-Joseph Makowski, ofAlpena, ki l ted at South Rogers, bYa fal l ing tree.
Feb. 23-Death of Rebecca ThomP-son, aged 102, in
'Wilson township'
mother of i\{rs. George Masters antlMrs. Aiex Gibson.
tr 'eb. 24-Death of Mrs. Wm. Ed-rvards, agecl 77, mother of C. W-Edwards.
March 1-Fire in Bolton block's'ith danage to building. and goodsabout $5 .000.
March 8 \Death of Mati lda Blakg-Iey , aged 80 .
March 14-Receipt of news ofdeath of John M. Lee, in NorwaY-an Aipena groceryman.
March 15-Death of Mrs. E. El-Bailey, of Alpera, at Traverse CitY-'
March 18-First real sleighing ofthe w in te r 1898-99.
Death of Wil l iam Jones,. of Al-pena, in a mil l at Mil lersburg.
March 19-Death of lVlrs. JamesEl. Denton.
March 23-Death of Solomon EI.LeRoy, father of W. H. LeRoY, &former resident of Long RaPids.
Apri l 1-Burning of the farm resi-dence of Wm. Barker, occuPied b1'Chas. BenewaY, in Wilson townshiP'
Apri l 6-Death of Wm. MoodYEaton,-aged 76, a pioneer cit izen.
Apri l 8.-Great f i re destroyed theChurchi l l H.otel, with a loss of about$ 8 0 . 0 0 0 .
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Apri l 9-Residence and contentsof Cbrist ie O'Tooel, Wilson town-ship, destroyed by flre.
Apri l 10-Death of Henry . S.Seage, at Lansing, a former Alpenabusiness man i1d old resident; civi l$'ar veteran.
Apri l 19-A. W. Ziem makes pte-parations for the erection of a brickblock on River street.
May 3-Samuel Boggs takes theoontract to bui l t l the new brick blockof A, W. Ziem.
May 13;Sudden death of Dr.Dennis J. Kearns.
May 18-Death of Patr ick Mon-aghan, aged 80, for over 30 years aresident of Alpena,
May 22-Wm. H. Jones accident-ly killert while assisting at a barnraising at Flanders.
May 31-Death, at Detroit, of Al-bert Pack, aged 5?. Mr. Pack wesfor many years one of the mostactive of the prominent busines-smen o f A lpena, a t one t ime a mem-ber of the flrm of X'Ietcher, Pack &Co.. and was an extensive lunrbermanufacturer, coming here in 1870,and was mayor o f the c i ty in '73 :7 ,1 .
May 3l-Death of Samuel Boggs,aged 70, for over 40 years a prom-inent ci t izen of Alpena. He cut thefrst saw log in this vicinity.
June .12--Death of Mrs. Granvi l letr ' . X'owler, aged 54, at X' landers, oneof the olcl sett lers of Alpena county.
.Iune 14-tr'arm residence of
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Chas. Trapp, in Maple Ridge, strucl<by l ightning and burned.
ilune 25-Alpena Excelsion Co.mi l l v is i ted by a 94 ,000 f l re .
June 28-W. H. Campbell antlR FI. Rayburn break ground on Eler'-enth street, for the erection of theMichigan Venee.r Works.
Geo. G. Speechley anct Capt.. A. G.Ripley organize a company to bui ld af lour rni l l on Ninth street, and breakground r fo r the erec t ion o f thebuilding.
July 3.-Wm. H. Foster, assistantenginere, aoaidentiy ki l led at theFletcher paper mil l .
A. W. Ziem occupies his new brickblock, .on River street
^-Death of Leadvi l le, CoI., of phi l ipO'Farrel, formerly of Alpena, and.!a!9 nrosecuting attorney of PresqueIsle county.
July 19.-Lumber on the ,groundfor the new Michigan Veneer Worksof Campbe l l and Rayburn
July 3l.-Organization of the Al-pena Port land Cement Co., with ac a p i t a l o f 9 3 0 0 , 0 0 0 .
Aug. S.-Death of Lorenzo A.Tonpkins, aged bb, for over 2B yearsa business man of Alpena.
Aus. 1 8.-Destruction by . f i re,. ofthe Comstock Bros. mil l , on Riverstreet.
Aug. 20.-Scho.oner Hunter Sav_age, owned by. John Muellerweiss,J r . , o f A lpena. iaps ized o f f po in t Au_Barques, and Mrs. Muellerweiss and
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.daughter Etta, X{rs. Fred Sharp-steen, wife of the captain, son andchild and Nlate Thos. Duby al l wentdown in the 'wreck, and were neverfound. .
Aug. 28.-W. F. Woelk completesstore bui lding ar West Alpena, ancloccupies the same.
Sept. ?.-H.oward Soper, aged. 22,I ; i l l ed 4 t Long Rap ids , by a po le fa l l -ing , s t i i k ing h im on the head.
Sept. 17.-Death of Charles H.Brown, ex-a ldcrman, and a t one t imein the grocery business, being an oldres id eD t .
Sept. 19.-Death of lA, ' i l l iam J"Faxton, one of the very old sett lers,and a fis.herman by occupation.
Sept. 27-28-29.-'lwenty-secondannual county fair.
Sept. 2 B.-X' ire destroyed thedock and a large qunati ty of cedarand hemlock bark, at Ossineke.
Oct. 8.-Death, at Detroit , of Ed-ward O. Avery, aged 52, a prominel l t ibusiress man of Alpena, lumbermau.and owner of the Avery mil l , ciyi lwa,r veteran.
Oct. 25.-Death of Mrs. H. K. Gus-t in, danghter of the late E. O.Avery.
0c t .30 . -Open ing o f the newbrick Garfield schol, on Washingtonavenue,
Alpena Port land Cement Co. had100 men at work constructing cem-ent factory. Foundation f.or thebuildings erected.
Nov. 2.-The new yeneer mil l cf
the Michigan Veneer Co. commenc-ed operations.
Nov. 5.-Death of Geo. N. tr Iei-cher, aged 86, the founder of Alpena,and ab.out the most widely knowr.rnan in northern Michigan. Also,the founder of many of Alpena's per-nrariei l t i r ldustr les, He erected theF ' le tcher House, in L87 l -2 , and hasto h is c rcd i t two pu lp mi l l s and thepaper mfl l , besides many other in-dustr ies.
No. 8.-The Alpena Port land Ce-ment Co., had i ts rai lroad oonstruct-ed to the marl beds, 8 miles north,a r r r l lhe foundat ion and par t o f thewalls for the mil l are up.
Nov. 13.-Death by suicide, ofIsaclore Roth, aged 43.
Elks f i t t ing up a hal l and clubrooms in the Lester block.
Nov. 16 . -Death o f Or lando L .Par t r idge , aged 43 .
Nov. 20.-Art icles of incorpora-t ion f i led by the Alpena RoDerFlouring Mil I Co.Nov. 21.-Death of Supervisor Rob-€rt J. Crawford, aged 37, supervisorof the X'ourth ward at the t ime ofh is denr ise .
Nov. 30.-Elks dedicted their newhall and club rooms.
Dec. l .-Alpena Port land CementCo. have the walls up for the mil l .
Death of Mrs. J. K. Cohen, aged42, at Las Vegas, N. M., for overtwenty-four years a resident of Al-pena,
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Dec. 19.-Death of Wil l iam Na-son, aged 85, numberecl among theoldest residents of the city, andwidely known, having come to Al-p e n a i n 1 8 7 1 .
Dec. 26.-The 'Warner
brick man-ufactory, recently erected on Thirdstreet, commenced turning outbrick.I 900-
.Ian. 16.-Sixth annual banquetof the Alpena Business Men's Assoc-iation. at the armory.
Jan. 18.-Fire in cooper shop ofthe Northern Extract Works, burneCa la rge quant i t y o f s taves .
Jan. 20.-Death at Grai ld Marais,of tr ' rank Block, formerly in busi-ness in Alpena.
THE OLD RELIABIE AGENCY
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EVERY KIND of INSURANCE
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Agents for AETNA Companiee
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Hitchcock & CollinsOpera House Block Tel.2l
s2Jan. 21.-Death of Wm. C. Dun-
lop, conductor on the horthern div-ision of the D. & M., near Case, bya rai lroad accident.
Jan. 24.-Arrival of t .he remains.of Arthur Heney, color bearer of the33d Mich . \ ro l . , who d ied in Cuba.
Jan. 31.-Bridge over Thunder13ay r iver, on Second street, beinglowered four feet, under the super-vision of John W. Eales.
Feb. 10.-Death of Caleb White.an o ld res idcn t o f the county , andfor many years a farmer in Greentou nsh ip .
F eb. 1 3.-Steel bridge acrossThunder Bay rvier lowered fourfeei , by John W. Eales
Mareh 2.- Death of AlexanderN{cAuley, aced 69, for 30 years afarmer on Partr idge point.
March 6.-Fire destroyed the farmhouse of Wm. O.strander, in Greentownship.
Apri l 5.-Shingle mil l of RobertJ. Thompson, on Ninth street. des-troyed by f ire.
Apri l ?.-Death of Mrs. AngusCarmichael, aged 6b.
Apri l 2O.-Death of Mrs. LauraT.homnkins, aged bb, for many yearsa resident of the city.
Apri l 22.-Death of James Kim-ball , aged 69, at his home in Greentownship. He was a resident of thecounty for 32 years.
Apri l 30.-Burning of the resi-dence of Aug. F. Cheska, on Lincolnstreet.
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May 2.-Death of Abraham Main-vit ie, aged 77, one of Alpena's earlysettelrs, and known to al l old res!-dents, as a remarkable incident re.Iator.
Forest f i res destroy logs, cedararrd tan bark in various locai i t ies inA lpena and ad jo in ing count ies .
May 21.-Death of Mrs. Mary A.P lunket t , aged 83 . mother o f Mrs .John Rlainey.
May 22 . -Death o f Dav id Thomp-son, a Green township farmer, auda forner resiclent of the city.
May 24.-Death of Miss Hatt ie 1..S tcwar t . o r re o f the teachers in thepub l ic schoo ls .
IJerman B. Cramer, while rvatch-ing t l le operation of sawing t ies atthe Bessler mil l , struck on the headby a f lying t ie and ki l led.
May 27 . -Death o f Rober t I { .Eales, for 36 years a resident ofAlpena, and a mil lwright by pro-fes: ion.
June 2.-Death of Oliver Potvin,an old resident of Alpena township.
June 8.-Death of David Holmes,aged 68, for 31 years a cit izen of Ai-pena.
June 12.-Thirty-second annualconvention of the state AfbeiterBund, he ld in A lpena.
Colonial hotel and sanitariumopened to the public.
June 18.-Charles H. Hall , an olr lresident of Long Lake, died at thi lMasonic Home, in Grand Rapids.
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June 19.-Death of Phi l ip Ing-lesby, prosecuting attorney forPresqus Isle county, a former Al-pena cit izen.. June z5.-Iirrank Batd.acz drown-ed near Stubbs mil l , whi le raft inglogs.
Dr. A. E. Bonnevi l le purchasedthe Hitchcock residence, to be con-ver ted in to a hosp i ta l .
July ?.-Finding of the body ofJoseph Griese, f i reman of the tugRalph, who disappeared on the 3d,drowned in the r iver.
July 9.-Dsath of Jacob R. Beach,aged ? 6, one of Alpena's old resi-dents, coming to Alpena in 18 60,and for many years in the hotelbusiness.
July l8.-Death of Henry S.\Yagoner, aged 50, for 38 years acitizen of Alpena.
Death of Mrs. Richard. H. CoII ins,aged 33, who had spent her whoiel i fe in Alpena.
July 25.-Presbyterian church tobe rebui l t , enlarged, with stone base-ment, and edif ice to be brick ve[eer-ed .
July 26.-Death of Charles GoIl-i rg , aged 61 , a t Det ro i t , a res identand business man of Alpena from1367 to 1899, and a t one t ime a lder -man.
Aug. 6.-Earl Stewart drowned inthe r iver, near the fair grounds.
Sept. 2.-Death of John McRaeaged 32, a nephew of Donald McRae,at the sanitarium at Alma.
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Death of Wil l iam Placie, aged 66,a resident of Alpena for 30 years.
Sept. 1l.-Death of Hon. JamesD. Turnbull , a resident of Alpenas ince 1872. Mr . Turnbu l l was aleading attorney of the city, and hadserved the city six years as comp-trol ler, and this representative dis-tr ict four years in the state legisle-ture, and was also in the Iumberingbusiness; civi l war veteran.
Sept. 14.-Residence and con-tents, of Frank Wil l iams, on Dawsonstreet. burned.
Sept. L9-20-21.-Twenty-third an-nuai county fair.
OcL. 24.-Barn and 'contents,
ofSolomen King, Wilson township,burned.
Oct. 30.-Death of John Goll ing,for many years a resident of Alpena.
Nov. 2 6.-Death of Joseph Ash,a.ged 55, for 35 years a resident ofAlpena and at one t ime in the hard-ware business.
Dec. 1.-George M. tr 'urbush, aformer resident of Alpena, a broth€r
l2owak & l0artinsonCash Clothing Store
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Cor,2nd Ave. and Water St ,
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r l f E. H. t r 'urbush, and a lumberman.rnu rde red nea r Du lu th .
Dec. 12.-Death of Eben Bu.r toa.aged 68 , a p i onee r o f t he coun t y .haying been a c i t iz€n here B0 year i .
Populat ion of the c i ty of Atpenai n 1 9 0 0 , w a s 1 1 , 8 0 2 , a g a i n o f b t g i nten years. The county had a popula_t i on o f 18 ,254 , a ga in o f 2 ,6?8 .
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. r an .2O . -Ded i ca t i on o f t he ne . r rbr ick Presbyter ian church on Wash_i lgton avenue.
Jaa. 23.-Seventh annual ban-quet of the Alpena Business Men,sAssoc -a t i on , a t t he a rn ro r y . .
Jan. l$. - f lsath of Wi l l iam Har-non, aged 49, a p ioneer lumbermanof Alpena county.
F 'eb. 22.-James H. Hooley, age( l23, caught in the cog wheels
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cement works, and cru,shed to death.F e b . 2 4 . - D e a t h o f J o h n M c S o r _
ley, aged 76, for Bb years a residentof Aipena, and an ex-member of theboard of educat ion of th is c i ty .
Death of Dr. James McTavish, aget l71 , a phys i c i an o f A lpena f r om '1gU6 .
l . -eb, 25.-Death of Thomas White.a :ed 58 , who came to A lpena i r i1870 , a c i v i l eng inee r and l and t ook_e r , and was pos tmas te r f r om 1gg0t o 1 8 9 4 . H e w a s a t o n e t i m e c o u n t ysu rveyo r , c i v i l wa r ve te ran ,
Feb. 21.-Death of Mrs. Sarah W.Fol lard, aged 87, for 2? years a resi -dent of the c i ty , mother of l [ rs . Jas.
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-M. Johnston, Mrs. M. X' letcher andH. ltr''. Pollard.
March 12.-Death of Levi Prince,a,ged 69, for 35 years an Alpena citi-
Apr i l 6 . -Death o f Mrs . Ruth M.Spratt, wialow of the late ThomasG. Spratt-, ancl a resident of Alpena-for years before the town becamea city-
Apr i I 30 . - Death o f Mrs- Dav id}-Iemming, of. Green torynship, whileattempting to save her household€ffects fro-m her burning h,ouse, aftertaking her chi ldren to a place ofsafety.
May 8.- Death of Edward K, poi-t .er, aged 62. at Detroit . Mr. Potterwas an old resident of Alpena, hav-jng come to this local i ty in 18b8, andengaged in lumbering. He was atone t ime a member of the f irm ofCampbell & Potter, and later ofW. H. &.E. K. Potter, then E. K_Potter & Sons, lumber manufactures.
, May l?.-Peath of Charles Noak.aged 73 , ' reg is te r o f c leeds lo r A l -pena county, and. a resident of thec i ty fo r 33 years .
i \ Iay 1S.-Death of Mrs. C. p.Van G,order. at Bennington, Mich., eformer well known resident of Al-pena.
Jure ?.-The county 'ot Alpenepurchased the fair groundls.
June 12.-Frank LeDuc remoclelsand rebui lds the Alpena house. mak-ing i t th ree s ror ies h igh , and doub l -ing the capacily,.
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Death of X' ied E. Clough, at De-troit , a former druggist of Alpena.
Juns l f .-d y6ur1g boy namedPercey Hicky drow:red in the river,.and body recovered on 21st.
June 2?.-Death of Augusta H..Bradford, daughter of ' the late,Gleorge .Bradford.
Deafh of Mrs. W. IT. Mbntaguelaged 58 , a res ident o f 'A lpena fo r 18years.
June 29.-Phil ip W. Mil ler com-nenced tearing up old pavem'ent,preparatory to laying: new; on Wash--ihgton avenue.
July 16.-Instantaneous death, byacciden.t at the cem'ent works, of"Augustus J. Mayworm, aged' 23.
Jit ly 17.- l- irs in the brewery of.the Beck M?rlt ing and Brewing Co.,damaged the bui lding to the exterto I a b o u t $ 2 0 . 0 0 0 .
July 20. - DeGlbpper-Berryhi l ls tabb ing a f f ray .
Aug. 1.-Neil Compbell run overl iy the cars, near Bolton, and ki l ledl
Aug. 2I.-German Aid' Society.eelebra,ted thirtieth anniversary of"organization.
Sept. 8.-Commercial hotel, ai."IIillman, dbstroyed' by fire.
Sept. 17-18-19. -Twenty-fourt i i . .annual county fair.
Sept. z4.-Death of Mis. ErnestS'. Leavitt, daughter of Andiew J-Simrnon s.
Sept. 25.-Death of 'Louis Van-
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sipe, an old pioneer of Alpena town-sh ip .- Death of Mrs. Elizabeth RichmonrlMasters, one of the early residentsof Alpena, and sister ot EularThorne, of Long Rapids.
Sept. 3O.-Samuel Anker, aged70, an old pioneer of Alpena, t l ieda t Grand Lake.
Oct. 1.--Alpena lodge, I . O. O. X'. ,celebrated its thirtieth anniversary.
Oct. 4.-Death of M. M. Cooley.l ighthouse keeper of Thunder Bay is-land
Oct. ?.-Death of Thomas Harri-son, sr., aged 64.
Oct. 14.-I . Cohen purchases theRichardson property, next to brir lge,on Dock street, for the erection ofthree brick stores.
Oet. 25.,-Mary Nelson, domestic,latal ly burnecl by attemptinc to l ighta f ire ryi th kerosene oi l , and diet lthe same evening.
Nov. 25.-Death of Capt. MurdochA. Grant, agecl 53. an olcl resident cfAlpena, and captain of the Boom Cr. l .tug for several years. -Was
countyagent of state boarcl of correctionand charit ies at t ime of death.
Dee. 4.-Death of Charles Fred-erick Buchanan, a resiclent of Alpen_ris ince 1866, and a t one t ime super intendent of Thuncler Bay Boom Co.Diecl at Traverse City asylum, aged5 8 .
Dee. 20.-Death of Jul ius Myers,aged 66, for 34 years a resit lent of
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the city, and was nearly al l that t imein the clothing business.
Dec. 29 . Death o f Wi l l iam E.Morse, aged 30, son of H. R. Morse.19o2-
X'eb. 3-4-5-6-7-8.-I ' i rst annual ex-hibit of Alpena County Poultry andPet Stock Associat ion.
tr 'eb. 9.-X'arm house owned byPaul Geunther, in Green township,and occupied by Hartford Smith,burned.
March l .-Frirst del ivery of mailby rural free delivery, in Alpenacounty, with John Haven as carr ier.
Mach 4.-John Kennedy, brake-man, ki l led on rai lroad, near La-Rocque.
March 9. Death at the countyhouse, o f Samuel C la rk , aged 81 , anold hunter and trapper of this vic-inity.
March 14.-Death of Mrs. SophiaRose, mother of Mrs. Charles Spicer,who irad been a resident of Alpena,about 40 years.
March 31.-Death at Rogers Citv,of Captain Fred Lincoln, brother ofDavid Lincoln, a well known f isher-man of this local i ty for many years.
Apri l 4.-Death of Captain HughG. Hamilton, a well known lake cap-tain rvho had l ived in Alpena manyyears.
Apri l 7.-Death at Hi l lman, ofGideon Barton, aged 63, one of thepioneers of Alpena county.
Aprit 11.-Quarantine of smallpoxdeclared off in the city. Disease had
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prevailed to some extent for twomonths , in mi ld fo rm.
Apri l 26.-P. W. Whitman, a f ish-erman, drowneal off North Point.
May 2.-Dsa,th of Mrs. Charles T.Park, aged 31, for 22 years a resi-dent of Alpena.
May 4.-Death of Patrick J. Mur-phy , o f Wi lson townsh ip .
Andrew M. Mclearn bui l i l ing stonebusiness block, on Chisholm street.
May 10.-Big snow storm throug-hout the state.
May 20.-Finding of the botly ofAl len McDonald, agetl 27, in the r iv-er. Deceased disappearei l Apri l 5th.
May 22 . -Dest ruc t ion by f i re r fthe Avery saw mil l , at. TrowbridgePoint, owned and operated by theRichardson Lumber Co., causing aloss o f about $20,000, and th rorC inga largg force of men out of employ-ment.
Juno z._Death at Lepeer, ofFrank Denton, aged 19, son of JamesE. Denton. Frank was born in Al-pena.
June 8.-Wreck at Black River,of excursion train, conveying mem-b.ers of German Aid Society from Al-pena to Bay City. One man ki l ledand nearly one hunrlrecl people moreor less injured.
Juns 13.-Pestruction by f ire, ai.Toledo, of the old side-wheel steam-er Metropol is, once a mail steamerbetween Alpena and Bay City.
June 14.-Death of LawrenceDoyle, aged 75, for 36 years a resi-
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denl of Alpena, and one of the we.lknown early Dioneers-a harnessmaker by profession.
' Ihe new stone business block ofA. M. Mclearn, on Chisholm street,occupied in one store by J. R. Mc-Dona ld .
June 18.-X' ire in the grocery ofFrank Kotwicki, on Chisholm street,a-,bout destroys the build.ing and.ru ins the goods.
, July l.-tr'inley McKinley, aged-81, a farmer in Maple Ridge, ki l ler i .by a fai l ing tree.
July 4--6o"s down in the historyof Alpena as the most noisy celebra-t ion on record, result ing in no l i t i ledamage to property and injury topeople, by the use of the dynamitecane.
July 6.-Death of Patr ick Gib-bons, aged 59, a resident of Aipenasince 1867, and for f ive years citymarsb"al, civil war veteran.
July 8.-Death of Mrs. Susan D-Persons, rel ict of the late Capt-Aionzo E. Persons, a resident ofAlpena for 34 years.
Wm. Reynold.s & Co- erecting:hrick store bui lding on Chisholmstreet, between Ninth and Tenth. ,
July 12.-Barn of Frank GlennieWilson torvnship, struck by l ightningand burned to the ground.
Jt: ly 20.-Death, in Cali fornia. ofMrs. 'Lucy Smith, once a residenl ofAlpena, and rel ict of the late ObedSmith.
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JuIY 25.-CitY commenced wo''k0f digging the ditch for the big-brick
sewer, to run from the river.below First street, to the river atthe head o.f Saginaw steet.
July 2?.-Death of Smith Brown,aged 60, better known in Alpena ani lvicinity as "Buf" Brown, one of theearly sett lers. '
July 30.*Brick ryal ls comPletedfor the new St. Bernard's Pastoralresidence, at the corner of Lock--wood and X'ifth streets.
Aug. ?.-tr'armers' picnic, at theMulvena grove, Wilson townshiP.
Aug. 1?.-Death of El izabeth Bar--wick, aged .97, mother of
-Mrs. Mary
CoIl ins..SepL 6.-John Gibbons drowned
from steamer City ol Hollani l ,while on excursio'n to Mackinac.
Sept. 7.-Fire wreckeal the store,-buikling of James tr'. Grant, oh'Chisholm
stret, antl about rui i led hisstock of merchantl ise.
Sept. 14.*Death of JeremiahBlanchard , fo r 35 years a res i 'dent of Alpena.
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Sept. ' 15.-Joseph Kerie.cki dndLeddie Bruski, ,of Posen, suffocatedl i j / gas, at Ann Arbor.
Sept. 1?.-Death of Hugh Busb5',aCed 58, a resident of Alpena for Bgyears.
Sept. I8.-Union picnib of OdrfFel lows of the shore towns, at Har-_risvi l le.
Sept. Z3.-Death of Mrs. Lucy L.Small , aged 62, a resident of Alpena:for 30 years.
Sept. 24.-Death of Mrs. AmeliaParro, aged 90, an old Alpenaresrd en t .
Sefi t . 26.-Death of fsraef p. Mar_shall . aged 71, an old resident andproneer:
Sept. 30-The Ibland Mil l , ownerlby the Alpena Hoop and Lumber Co..composed o f John W. Ea les , Chas.W. Trask and Roland Hughes, wasburned to the ground, with a loss of.over $25,000, and th rowing a la rgeforee oF men out of ' employment.
Sept. 90, Oct. 1-2-3-Twenty_fifilrsannual county fair.
Oct. 8.-Wreck of the schooner-Anna Maria, at Kincardine, Ont.Boat was owned by A. W. Z iem, o fA lpena, and a to ta f loss . S tephenRyan and Mrs. Agnes Kennedy, ofAlpena, drowned.
Oet.2z.-Death of l lezekiah tVI.Hyatt fbr S6 years one of.the cit izens.of Alpena.
Oct. 28.-Death .of ' paul Murray;aged 106, an old trapper of this sec_
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t ion, and known to al l the sett lers ofAlpena and adjoining counties.
Oct. 29.-News received in Al-Dena, o f the murder , in Mex ico , o fThomas G. McCandlish, formerlysherif f of Alpena county.
Death o f Lou is Mende lson, aged80, for many years a resident of thiscity.
Oct. 3O.-Wreck, at Port Stanley,Ont., of the schooner Mineral Statu',owned by W. H. Sanborn and X'. H.Riebenack, of Alpena.
Nov. 6.-Death of WiIIiam B:rck,ased ?0 , fo r 38 years a res ident o fAlpena, and a mil lwright for manyyears.
NoY. g.-George Mil lard, AnthonyMonser and Alexander. Cyr drownedir i Thunder Bay, by the capsizing oftheir boat.
Nov. 16.-Death of Mrs. SarahN. Fought, aged 56, one of the earlysett lers cif the county.
November closed with a reeord ofbeing the mildest November, in thisIocal i ty, since weather off ice wases tab l i shed, in 1872.
Dec. 2.-Frank Rousseau acci-dental ly shot in the face with arevolver, by X'rederick Buchanan.
Dec. 3.-Frirst sleighing for win-t e r o f 1 9 0 2 - 3 .
Dec. 4.-Andrew Hoppie, a form-er Alpena resident, ki l led by a fal l-ing tree, at Metz.
!ss. $.-JMleck of the barge BafCit l ' , in the bay.
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Dec. g.-Alpena National Bankbeen in existence 20 years, takescharter for another period of sameduration.
Death of Jacob Kleft, aged 7, bybeing accidental ly shot with a re-volver, by his 9 years old br.other:
f)ec. 11.-Death, aI Leadvi l le,CoI., of Mrs. Malcolm McDonald. for-merly of Alpena.
Dec. 12.-Death of James Fergu-son, aged 53, for many years a cit i -zen of Alpena, and a catt le buyer.
Fire wrecked the residence of Ed-ward.McDonald, at West Alpena.
Dec. 1?.-Death of Mrs. Wil l iamI{rebs, aged 33, at Gowanda, N, Y.,a res ident o f A lpena s ince 1895, andwidely known.
Dec. 21.-Mrs. Ida M. Eagle, aged25, rvi fe of Charles Eagle, committedsuicide.
Dec. 28.-L. T. Kl ine puts in auto-matic machinery for wood-working,to take the place of spool machinery.
During 1902 Alpena has keptpace with the t imes, and many im-provements have been made.
The seed elevator of Rogers Bros.Itras somewhat improved, and a largestorehouse added.
Paving was laid on Firsi, Third.River, X'letcher and Water streets.
The big brick sewer was construct-ed for a distance of about a mile.
The tr'letcher paper mill received asubstantiai addit ion and new enginehouse, and an addit ion was bui l t totho pulp mil l .
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A large number of residences werebuil t , and many others received ad-dit ions and improvements.
Cement walks were bui l t in thecity during the year at a cost ofrsometh ing l i ke $25,000, and numer-ous streets were greatly improvedby being graveled.
I90i i-Jan. 13.-H. C. Hamell, formerlY
publisher of the A1pena Pioneer,drowned at Washington, D. C. Agetl42 years .
Jan. 16.-Death of Jacob Geb-hardt, of the f irm of Gebhardt, Mor-row & Co.. for 31 years a residentof Alpena. Aged ?3 years.
Jan. 1g.-Death of Rev. ThomasMiddlemis, for thirteen years pastorof the Presbyterian church, of Al-pena. Aged 63 years.
Jan.24 . -X ' i re in g reenhouse c fAlfred Linke, Mirre street.
Jan. 24._Death of Mrs. W. H.Sanborn, a resident of Alpena fromch i ldhood. Aged 48 years .
Feb. 4-7.-Exhibit of AlpenaCounty Poultry Associat ion.
Feb. 7. Store of Daggatt & Bou-gie, at Hubbard Lake, destroyed byfire. No insurance.
I 'eb. 8.-Death of Al len Richard-son, for 39 years a citizen of Alpena.Aged 72 years.
Fbb. g.-Death of Addison X'.Fletcher, one of Alpena's eari ly set-t lers. at Los Gatos. Cal.
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farmer of Moltke township, ki l led bya fa l l ing t ree .
Feb. 1S.-Death of Robert Turn-er, 29 years a cit izen of Alpena.Aged 60 years .
F'eb. 19.-W. L. & H.. D. Chur-chi i l ret ire from the lumber manu-facturing business, and were succe-eded by the Church i l l Lumber Co, .c.omposed of Alpena business men.
Feb. 24.-Myrt le lodge, Odd I 'el-iov's, joins with Alpena lodge, in f i t-t ing up the ( lentennial block for anOdd Fellows temple.
Feb. 24.-Death of Mrs. Helen l I .Paterson. Agecl 78 years.
March l .-Death of Wm. A.French, a former resident of thlslocal i ty, at Saginaw. Aged 54 years.
March 2.-George Jenkinsoncaught by a shaft, at tr ' letcher papermi11, -and k i l led . Aged 48 years .
March 3.-Rev. Wm. Cash, f ,orm-er rector of Long Rapids Episcopalchurch, died in Nebraska.
March 5.-D. D. Hanover pur-chases the Richardson property onSecond avenue, to erect a modernbrick block of thres stores front,three stories high.
March S.-Death of Mary A. Mc-Phee. Aged 66 years.
l\{a1s[ | g.-Arrival .of first boatof the season-the schooner J. Duv-al l from Harbor Beach.. March 20.-Death at Ann Arbor,o f Dr . Char les Howel l , fo r manyyears one of Alpena's physicians.Aged ?3 years.
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March 30.-Death of Patr ick Gar'-r i ty, l ighthouse keeper at Presquq,Isle for many years.
Apri l 1.-Arr ival of the f irststeamer of the season-the Pi lgrim,of the Thomson l ine.
Apri l 1.-Death of Mrs. ConratlWessel, who had l ived in Alpena
' s i n c e 1 8 6 6 . A g e d 7 0 y e a r s .Apri l l . -Death of l \ [rs. Emma
Ileeves. ABed 78 years.Apri l 6.-D. D. Hanover broke
grounct, as the commencement of theerection of the Hariover block.
Apri l 10.-Death of Susan, wifeof John Monaghan.
Apri l 13.-Death of WarrenHea ld , who came to A lpena in 1871.Aged 75 years.
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April 27.-John Davrson, one ,lfearly sett lers of Alpena, died at theArpena nosp i ta l . Aged T? years .
May 1.-Death of Balney Rous_seau, almost 40 years an Alpenaclt lzen -
May ?.-Death of Diana Richard_s_on, ,at Detroit , widow of the lateCharles W. Richardson. She camet o A l p e n a i n 1 8 6 4 , a n d m o v e d t ou e t r o i t i n 1 8 9 1 . A g e d ? g y e a r s .
_May 10.-Death of James Lawson,I Long Rapids farmer for 20 years.Aged ?2 years.
-. May 11.-Mrs. Margaret Mclelki,nd r e d , a t t h e a g e o f 1 0 3 y e a r s .
May 15.-The McConnell-Hubersaw wi l l , a t Hawks, des t royed byr r re . r ,oss $S,000.
^ May 20.-Organization of the ElCajon Cement Co.
June 2.-I irrankl in S. Dewey, jr . ,a form-e_r Alpena boj. died in n6ir6i i .Aged 25 years.
^ June 4.-Death of Mrs. DanielCurrie, of Long Rapids. ACed 6?.
June 5.-Michigan Alkal i Co. com_mence operation towards the con_struction of works in the northeast_ern port ion of the city.
__ J_une 21.-Death of Mrs. John B.McDonald. Aged bb years.
.J_une 27.-Machinery in the newmi l l o f the A lpena Hoop and Lum_Der Uo. turned over and f irst logsawed.
July l .-George Kunath, of Al-
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pena accidentally killed by the cars,at South Rogers. Aged 18 Years.
July 1.-W. H. Davison ret iresfrom business, and is succeeded bYL. J. Bertrand.
July 3.-Death of Kenneth C. Mc-Lean. Aged 38 years.
JuIy 6.-Death of John C. Chis-ho1m, who was one of the very earlysett lers of Alpena, haYing come tothis region over 40 years ago. Aged85 years .
Juiy 6.-Work of clearing thegrounds for the erection of thebuildings of the El Caion Cement Co.plant commenced.
Fire at Black river, destroyed theold store bui lding of Alger, Smith& Co., with stock of goods owned bYJohn Nicholson. Loss about $10,-0 0 0 .
July 9.-'William Kissman, Iivingon tr ' letcher street, committed sui-cirle.
July l0.-Tony Kaniecki, eged 12years, accidental ly drownecl in theriver near the fair grounds.
JuIy 16.-Chas. Groulx, one ofthe oid residents of Campbellvi l le,diecl at the aged of 59 years.
July 28.-Seyere storm. Peopleki l led in Wilson, Long Rapids, On-
. away and Har r isv i l le .July 30.-Odd Fbllows' picnic at
Harisvi l le.July 31.-Marmas Racette acci-
dental ly ki l led while unloading logsfrom cars. at Gilchrist mil l .
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Aug. 3.-WorkOdd Fe l lows ' temple
Aug. 6.-F armers'Rapids.
Aug.can onesett lers.
of remodelingcommenced.picnic at Long
6.-Death of Mrs. Anna Dun-of the earl iest of Alnena
Aug. 6.-Jt)sath of Mrs. I{enry J.Duncan. Aged 37 years.
Aug. 6 . -Death o f Ade l ine Mc_Itae, wife of Duncan McRad. Aged68 years .
Aug. 1O. -Barn o f ThompsonLlrothers, . at Long Rapids,, istru,ckby l ightning and burned #ith con-lents.
AuC. 17.-J. B. Hobbs purchasesand takes polsession of Churchi i lstock farrn-
Aug. 18.:Alkal i works make f irsi ishipment of stoire from Alpena.
Ar rg . 1S. -Henry C lark meets w i t i rl :ad accident at depot, by being runover by cars.
Aug. 20.-Maccabee picnic alTawas Beach.
Aug. 20.-Death of Mrs. ArchieMcCallum, wife of regist,er of t leei ls.
Aug. 21.-Daniel McCallum, an9id resident, ki led by cars. Agerloo years-
Aug. 24.-Big Dunbar_Lewissrreet sewer completed.
_ Aug. 24.-Long distance tele.pnone connects Alpena with BayCity.
Aug. 31.-New Maccabee tempicformally opened.
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Aug.3 l . -Schoo l census o f c i t ys[6v5 4,750 of school age.
Sept. 14.-Special elect ion to bonrlc i t y fo r $100,000 car r ies by 546 ma-Jority.
Sept. 30.-Opening of 26th annualcounty fair.
oct. ?._Death of Mrs. JamesFitzpatrick, of Long Rapids. Ageil71 years.
Oct. 12.-Hawley & Fitzgeraldcommence moving into their newquarters, in the Hanover block.
Oct. l?,-Henry Charlfour diedfrom cold and exposure, as the re-sult of the capsizing of a f ish boat,off Black River.
Oct. 18.-Sudden death of AlbertL. Power, from heart disease. Aged65 years. Mr; Power came to Al-pena in 1866, and was the f i rs t manto f i l l the off ice of ci ty treasurer,in 1871. Was civi l war veteran.
Oct. 19.-Residence of AmbroseLaRoche, with contents, destroyed byf i re . Loss $1 ,500.
Oct. 22.-While attending a wed-ding at Wolf Creek, Miss Mary Hil-debrand rras accidental ly shot, fromthe effects she died on the 30th.
Nov. 2.-H. C. Master,s and Wal_ter E. Thorne purchase the stock ofclothing from Thomas Sandham, andMr. Sandham retires from business.
Nov. 6.-Wm. Boulton picks r ip$strawberries from his garden.
Nov. ?.-Death of Mrs. JohnBuchholtz. Aged 72 years.
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Nov; 12.-John McOarthy fatal lyinjured in lumber camp near On--away.
Nov: 14.-Death of Mrs. X'ranklinrH. Northrop. Aged 67 years.
Nov: 15.-Death of AlexanderRichmond, a Wolff Creek farmer."Aged 58 years .
Nov: 15.-Death of 'Leon neblanc-Aged 74 years .
Nov: 1?.-Frederick S. Gilboe, ofMaple Ridge; committed. s,uicide.
Nov. 19.-John Wil is, deputy sher-.iTf 'of Alpena county, died suddenlywhile one a visi t to Cleveland. Aged61. years, civil war veteran.
Nov: 2 3.-tr'irst sleighing of theseason, which continued to the end;o f the year :
Nov. 24.-Barney Lau run over.and ki l led.by cars on spur.to cement.works. Aged 25 years.
Nov. 24.-Death, -at Rochester, N-Y. , o f Owen McGui re , o f A lpena. :Aged 60 years.
Nov; 25.-Death of ' M?s: Helmer"J. Soper, of Long Rapids. Aged 34.years.
Dec. 2,-Death of John Blakely;a pioneer of 'Alpena. Aged 88 years.
Dee. 4.-Death of George Paxton,.an Alpena born young man. Aged 35:years.
[sg. f.-[sath of" Mrs. John Kes-ten, one of the early settlers. Agert?2 years.
Dec. 8.-Residence of 'David Don-ald, at Long Rapid-s, destroyed by
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Dec. g.-Death of Josiah F. Him-es, former treasurer of Alpena town-ship. Aged 51 years.
Dec. 9.-Residence of Duncan Mc.Collough, at West Alpena, destroyedby f ire.
Dec. l0.-Life savers at Mictcl leand Thuntler Bay Islands go out ofeommission for the season.
Dec. l-9.-Navigation closed.Dec. 22.-Death ol Wm. C.
Brown, of Alpena township. Agetl62 years.
Dec. 25.-Wm. Bouiton proclucedripe tomatoes for Christmas.
Dec. 26.-Death of George W. Er-gl ish. Aseal 67 years, veteran ofcivi l war. I
Dec. 26.-9 degrees below zero.Dec. 2s.-Death of Mrs. John W.
Hall , a resident of Alpena sinco1868. Agec l 64 years .
Dee. 28.-Erick Enger, a Sanborntownship resit lent for 30 years, died,Aged 63 years.
The builcling ilone and the publicimprovements macle in the city dur-ing the past year would approximatetl.ose to half a million dollars. Thisis a showing that woulcl be a creditt .o any city with four t imes the pop-ulat ion of Alpena, ancl is convincingproof that Alpena is the most proF.perous and progres,sive city in thrstate. In this est imate we do not in-clurle the actual cost of the Alkalieompany's plant, nor that of the El-Cajon Cement Co., which wil l be in
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the ne ighborhod o f $600,000 or$700.000 when the two indus t r iesare in operation, but just a conset-vative estimate of the cost of thebuildings which they will occupy-'Were
we to include the actual cost.of the above industr ies, i t wouldbring the total imporvements up tob e t w e e n $ 1 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 a n d $ 1 , 2 5 0 , 0 0 0 .Apart from these two items, theprincipal bul ldings that have beenerected in the past year, were Si-Anne's new church and school house,two handsome edif ices; Eales &Trask's mil l , the addit ions to theFletcher Paper Co.'s mil l , and Rog-ers Bros'. seed elevator; C. R. Hen-ry's new residence, the beauti ful.homes of A. W. Ziem, W. H. LeRoy,Geo. R. Nicholson, Thomas Kennedy,Dr. W. E. Cam, R. H. Coli in,s theIlanover block, St. Bernard's parson-age, St. Paul 's parsonage, and manfothers.
In addit ion to several rni les.of ce-ment sidewalks laid in the city, antla vast amount of paving, the prin-eipal publ ic improvement was theDunbar-Saginaw street sewer, whichwas completed at a cost of over$22,000. Preparations are beingmade for another g:reat boom inbui lding the coming summer, al-though i t may be many years beforeour husfling city experiences tirephenomenal growth with which i twas favored in 1903.19O4t-
Jan. l .-Residence of Robert H-Rayburn damaged about $700 byfire.
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Jan. 2.-Death, at Hubbartl Lake,of Roscoe Ellsworth, agett 59,
Jan" 8.-Co. D, M. N. G., enter-tained at barquet, the members ofthe G. A. R.. and members ,of al l the'old militray organizations of the
, city.Death, at Ann Arbor, of James
O'Conner, of Alpena- Aged 49.Jan- l3.-House owned by John
'I(esten, on Long Lake avenue, burn-€d.
Roman Mix,.an Alpena man, ki l ledon railroad in Montana.
X'ranh H. Parker died from oYer-dose of headache powders.
Jan- 26.-Fire destroyed Arbieterha l l . Loss $1 .5 ,000.
Jan. 2?.-Thirteen degrees belowzero; snow 18 inches deep.
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Peter H. Euiott committed sui-cide.
Death of Mrs. George M. Hanna,aged 36, for 33 years a resident ofAIpena.
Feb. 3.-Death of Oliver Gaslau,aged 77, an old resident.
Feb. 5.-Stanley Walker, D. & l I .brakeman, fel l under cars at On-away, and ki l led.
Feb. 8.- 18 degrees below zero.X'eb. 10.-Death of Patr ick F.
Deveraux, aged 52, a iesident of Al-pena for a third of a century.
F eb. 11.-Death of Mrs. RosanaMcClory, aged 80, one of the oldresidents.
Edward Kirschoff, of Alpena.township, ki l led by a fal l ing tree.
Feb. 14.-Death of Mrs. MaryWi t t , ased 80 .
I 'eb. 17.-Death of Xlolkert C-Folkerts, aged 80, at Marine City,a f ,ormer business man of Alpena.
Feb. 19.-John Krol l , a Germanfarmer, aged 74, died at MapleGrove hotel, Long Lake.
Feb. 20--Edward Bright, aged43, scalded, to death at Northern Ex-tract Works.
Feb. 23,-Death of Mrs. Melvin C.Walkeen, aged 30, at San X'rancisco,Ca l ,
Death of Mrs. Patrick Kelly, aged52, of Long Rapids township.
Feb. 24.-Death of Susan C., witeot Rev. E. t . Li t t le. Aged 63.
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Feb 26.-In Green township, cleathof Mrs. El izabeth Al l , agecl 77.
Feb. 27.-Death of AnthonyClark, aged 66.
March tr.-Oire huudred days .ofsleighing lor the winter, to 4ate.
March 4.-Death of Georgo Har..xis. aged 88, a pioner resident. ----
March 6.-Death of Miss Dsther.Nevin, aced 79, a resident of Long-.Rapids.
March &-Death of Wm. G Cain,aged 70, a,t .Itrillman, formexly of.Alpena..
March lli-Deatlr of Hobart D.Churchi l l , aged 56, at Columbia.,llenn. Mr. Churchill was a prom-inent Iumber manufactur€r o.t -di-pena f rom 1872 to 1903.
Death of MelYin C. Walkeen' forthirty.years a resident of the city.
' Mareh 14.-People voted to bondt,he city . for $150,000 for waterrrorks, by m.ajoriff of 974..
l\{arch 15.-Death of Edward A.Churchi l l , aged 55.
March 1.9.-Death, at Detroit , oiProf. B. F. Cheesbro, aged 68, torm-erly of Alpena.
March 20.-John St€Yrart whooperated stage line betweu .A.lpenaand Hillman. .found dead in bed atHil lman.
March 30.-Sleighing com€s to anend, after a continuous run o.f 13Sdays.
March 31.-Death of CharlesThompson, aJ B.ronso,rx, G,a., for.merly
r20in the planing mil l business in Al-pena.
April 2.-Death ,of Jacobdorff , aged 55,
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Apri l 4.-Charter elect ion. FrankC. Holmes elected mayor by 11 ma-jority.
Apri l 9.-James Fensom, an oldresident of Alpena, but iate ofHil lman, died at the Alpena Hospitala t the age o f 60 .
Apri l 14.-Death at Greely, inGreen township, of Miss .Louise E.Richard,son, aCed 23, born in Alpena.
Death of John Buchholz, aged 77,an old German resident of the ct iy.
Casper Alpern set first fish nets ofthe season.
Apri l 18.-Death of Mrs. Chris-t ina M. Haywood, aged 5b, d.aughterof the late Samuel Boggs, one of theearly sett lers of Alpena.
Apri l 19.-Alpena f ishermenmake their first life of fish for theseason.
, Death, at Flanders, of Mrs. NancyGreen, aged 88, mother of A. B.Green.
Apri l 20.-Death of Mrs. Annietr'rancis, ased 72, mot,her of Hon.Jas. Francis.
Apri l 24.-Arr ival of steam bargeRand, from Lexington, f i rst steamerto arr ivs for 1904. The steamerHolland arr ived the same day fromDetroit .
Apri l 26.-Death of Mrs. MaryLytle, aged 104 years, B months. 1g
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days. The oldest person in Alpenacounty.
April 29.-X'arm hou,se of JohnNicholson, in Long Rapids, burned.L o s s , $ 2 , 0 0 0 .
May 2.-Death of John W. Rob-bins, aged 60, one of the old resi-dents o f the c i ty .
Rurai freie delivery route No. 2,goes into effect.
May 3.-William H. Fox, for sev-eral years clerk of the townshipof Long Rapids, died at the age of8 2 .
May 5.-John Peterson, aCed 62,committed suicide by drowni4g him-self.
May ?.-Mrs. Anna Chisholm, be-coming faint while on the street, wastaken into the residence of JohnBeck, where she soon expired,
May 16.-Common counci l author-izes purchase of Churchi l l park, for$ 3 . 5 0 0 .
May 19.-Bocly of John Peterson,who committed suicide on the 5th,found on Partr idge Point.
May 25.-Burned ruins of Germanhall being cleared..away for newstructure.
Foundation for new home of St.Bernard's Sisters of Charity com-pleted.
May 26.-Death of John King-singer, aCed 67, a well known farm-er of Long Rapid,s.
John Stoppa, a lad 12 years old,drowned in the Richardson pond,
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.Iune 3.-Annual meeting of\feterans Corps of Alpena Guarcls,at Hotel Adrian, Long. Lake.
June 7.-Rev. T. D. X' lannery,having seryed in priesthood 25 years,tendered si lver jubi lee.
Juns $.- lu1s. Jeannette Barrett.aged 65 , one o f the o ldes t res identsof Maple Ridge, passed away.
June 11.-Wm. B. Comstock. of.Alpena, injured in street car acci-dent, at Canandaigua, N" Y.
June l3.-German Aid Societylet contract for re-building GermanhaIl .
June 17.-Death of James M.Johnston, agied 60, one of the veryearly sett lers of ths city, and prom-inent business man.
Junq !S.-i\rgvr Advent churchdedicated.
June 26.-Death of Mrs. Charle,sPuttkammer, aged 78.
June 21.-Work commenced onnew brick school for St. Mary's par-ish.
July 4.-Day duly celebrated inAlpena.
Death of Mrs. {ohn B. Hagerman,aged 39 .
July 8.-Death of James Gardner.aged 68, a resident ,of Alpena for 39years.
July 9.-Death of Lulu. wife ofGeorge tr ' . Masters, aged 27.
July lO.-Deat$ of John X'oley,aged 85. Had been a citzen of Al-pcr ra 18 years .
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July 11,-W. G. Watson an at-tache of the Main',s cireus. run overby wagon, and ki l led.
July 12.-James Welsh, who hadlived in Alpena from boyhood, diedat his farm home in Maple Ridge,aged 39 .
July 22.-Death of Augusta, wifeo f August Manz, aged 39 .
Jeremiah Meredith, a8ed 19,drowned in South Branch.
July 26.-Joseph Genrow, aged60, one of the pioneers, and a vet-eran of the civi l war, mustered outof earthly service.
JuIy 30.-Death of James Smart,aced 69, at Long Rapids.
Aug. l .- f ,s.vid Lincoln adds newfish tug to Alpena's f ishing f leet.
Death of Mrs. Helen McDonald,aged 86 .
Aug. 4.-Co. D, M. N. G., left forstate encampment at Ludington.
Death at Bennington, Mich., ofChas. P. Van Gorder, an early resi-dent of Alpena.
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Aug. 8.-Charles Wiede, of Al-pena, fel l from bui lding, in Krakow,and died in few hours.
Aug. 11.-I i \armer's picnic, atCathro.
Aug. 17.-Death at Hancock,Mich., of Hannah, wife .of p6terOwens. Aged 56 .
Aug. 18.-picnic of NorthernMaccabee Associat ion, at Harrisvi l le.
. -Populat ion of Alpena county; out-e i d e o f c i t y , 7 , 3 4 8 .
Populat ion city of Alpena, L2,400.
_ ̂ Death of Lyman J. Sylvester, aged56, a pioneer of Alpena, and promin-ent farmer of Green township.
Aug. z1.-Death of John Zemke,aged 64, for 2I years a resident ofthis city.
Aug. 2,2.-tr'rancis Hopps injuredin saw mil l in Green township, andd ied on 26 th .
Aug. 25.-Knights of Columbuslicnic at Tawas Beach-
Aug. 29.-Death of Miss MaudeMidd lemis , aged 26 .
Sept. l .-Death of Etta, wife ofArthur G. Hopper. Agecl 39. Mrs.Hopper had l ived in Alpena since1 8 7 3 .
Sept. z.-Death of John Montroy,aged 74, one cf A1pena's old cit izens.
Sept. 5.-Labor Day celebration.Sept. ?.-!sath of peter Currier.
aged 85 .Sept. 15.-Death of Mrs. James
B. Kelly, aged 56.
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Sept. 18.-Summer cottage of W.A. Blackburn, at Partr idge Point,destroyed by f ire.
Sept. 19.-August Dehnke, a Long:Rapids farmer, falls from wagon,a n d k i l l e d .
Sept. 20'-Death of Hiram King,aged 82, one of the oldest residentsof Wilson township.
Sept. 21.-X' irst service held irS t . Anne 's new church .
Sept. 27-30.-X'our-eounty feir.Sept. 29.-Death of L. R. Cramer,
aged 87, of Ossineke.Death of Roy Thompson, aged 36,
born in Alpena.Oct. 3.-Death of Mrs. Jul ia Wat-
ers.Oct. 5.-John Borowski commit-
ted suicide by taking arsenic.Oct. 6.-Death of Mrs. David Mc-
NeiI, of Long Rapids, aged 60.Oct .8 . -A t Bay C i ty , death o t '
Llewellyn A Colwell, one of the oldresidents of Harrisvi l le, aged 55,
Oct. 21.-Death of Alanson John-son, aged 92, of Montmorency coun-ty.
Oct. 25.-Death of Robert Gil lard,aged 81 .
Death of Mrs. Alanson Johnson. ofMontmorency oounty, whose husbanrldied on the 21st. Aged 85.
Oct. 28.-At Black River, death ofMrs. Charles Tanner, daughter of C.A. F r iedlander.
Nov. l.-Death of Mrs.Behling, ageal 65.
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lrf6y. $.-fsath of Oliver Lalonde.aged 64 .
Nov. 16.-Death of Samuel Word-en, of Sanb.orn township, aged 80.
Death of Shadrack White, aged76, fo r 35 years a res ident o f theait)-.
Nov. 19 .-Ehpr Bates seriously,and Wil l P. Coll ins sl ighi ly injureclby p remature exp los ion o f car t r idseat A lka l i \ [ -o rks ,
Nov. 20.-At Krakow, presquelsle county, death of Mrs. Jane Riley,a g e d 1 0 2 .
Nov. 23.-D. & C. steamer Mack-inac made last tr ip for season .of1 9 0 4 .
Nov.27 . -A t F lander ,s , death o fWil l iam H. Pushor ,aged 6?, one ofthe early Bett lers of Green township.
Death of Worthy M., wife of Rev.G, N. Kennedy. Aged 31.
Nov. 28.-Propeller Bl&nchard.barge Johnson and schooner Ki lder-house wrecked on North point.
Dec. 4.-German Aid Society helclf i rst meeting in new hal l .
_ \a,viSation closed, by steamer Cityof Holland making last tr ip.
Dec. 5.-Death of Mrs. MelissaJane Branbant, aged 81, for 36years an Alpena resident,
Dec. 6.-Death of George ploude,aged 76. for 40 years a resident ofAlpena county.
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Dec. 7.-Death of George E. Stetr--art, aged 63, for several years inp ic tu re bus iness .
Dec. 12.-Life saving: stat ionsclosed for the season.
Dec. 15.-Death of CaPt. 'Wil l iatn
Sims, aged 79, an old resident.Dec. 16.-Death of Jacob Teet$,
aged 82, a prominent farmer ofLong Rapids
Dec. 22.-Death of Mrs. GeorgeW. Jones, aged 61, for 26 Years aresident of the city.
Dec. 23.-Death of Lars H. John-son, aged 55, for 24 Years a weIIknown sai lor of Alpena.
D e c . 2 8 . - D e a t h , a t C h i c a g o , o fAlexander Carr, aged 84, father ofDr. W. E. Can, and a resident ofAlpena for 22 years. Veteran ofCivil war.
Death of Mrs. tr'rancis A. Turn-bul l , aged 55, rel ict of late JamesD. Turnbull , who died SePt. 11,1900. Mrs. Turnbull had resided inA lpena s ince 1872.
Alpena has made oonsiderable Pro-gress during the year just closed,and many improvements have beenmade of a last ing nature. Amongthe many improvements, either com-menced or completed, may be men-t ioned:
The Maccabee Temple.New German hall.New home for St. Bernard's Sis-
ters of Charity.St. Mary's parish schoolAlpena National Bank bui lding.
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New Advent church.Completion of St. Anne's church.Br ick s to re o f Casmer t r i la rsk i .Store bui lding of JuIius Sczcukow-
ski.Residence o Samuel Groh.About f ive miles of cement walks.Numerous sewers constructed by
city.Residence of W. H. LeRoy.Prince & Buck laundry bui lding.E. C. Spens' new brick block.Building for weather off ice,tr 'oundation for ci ty hal l .Brick residence of Gustave Schra-
der.Residence of Louis Krimmer.Residence of El izabeth Bingham.Stores of Charles Cook.Residence of J. A. Templeton.Re,sidence of Geo. Masters,Residence by Thos. Kennedy.Gas works re-bui l t .X'rank H. Northrup, a residence.Mrs. Jos. Ash, a residence.Walker Veneer Works, re-opened,John Gauvreau, a residence.A. C. Rice, a residence.A. G. Hopper, a residence.Addit ion to Woolen mil l ,And we are of the opinion that
our l ist does not oover more thanabout half of the improvements, inpoint of cost, vhich have been madein the c i ty dur ing 1904.1905-
Jan. 4.-Death of Walter Gav-agan, at sea, on return from visit toold home in Ireland. Mr. Gavaganwas 53 years of age, and had been
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ia prominent farmer in Aplena towrl,-ship for 31 years.
Jan. di.-Death of Mns. Emma J.Harrington, aged 80, for 23 years rresident of, Alpena.
Jan. 11.-gaow blizzard.Jn1. fl.-feath of Benjamln tr'.
I l i l l iard, aged 67, for 2.5 y€ars aresident of Alpena.
Jan. 13.-Annuai halquet of Al-pena Guards, with honorary mem-bers and yeterans of civii war .andtheir ladies as guests-
Jan. 14.-Fire destroyed stock ofgoods in O'tr'arrel's notion store.
Jar. 24.-Odd X'ellows' annualbal l .
Hom€ 0f John Langworthy, at On-away, .destroyed by fire, and t*ochi ldren burned to death.
Jan. 25.-Deatir of Thomas Boyn-;ton, aged 59, one of
' the prominentfarmers of Lcng Rapids.
Jan.30 . - In Sanborn , death o fMrs. R. Paul, aged 80-
Feb. ?.-William B. Comstock. otthe f irm of Comstock Bros.. one olthe early pioneers, having come toAlpena in 1864, a pr.ominent lumber--rri--an and banker, died in Detroit,aged 61 .
F eb. 8--Dedication of, new . Ger,man Aiil Society haIL
Alpena Power Company formed.X"eb. l3.-City special election on
Broposition to buy water works for$60,000, carr ied by vote o.f ?11 yesto '99 no.
Feb. 1/-Knights of Columbusannual bal l .
Hopper Masonic lodge eelebrated18th annivensarY. I
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derson, ci ty comptrol ler, and an oldcit izen. Aged 49 years.
Masonic annual bal l .Feb. 26.-Death of Mrs. August
Rishop, aged 51, for 30 years a resi-dent of the city.
F'eb. z1.-Death of Frank A. La-comb, aged 62, a prominent farmerof Alpena township for 29 years.
Death of Robert Holborn, at Tol-edo, formerly of Alpena.
March 1.-Death of AlexandorMorris, a pioneer farmer of Alpenatownship. Aged 76 years.
March 5.-Death of Mrs- H. R-Morse, sr., for 40 years a residentof Alpena- Aged 65 years.
March ?.-Death of Ed.ward Roo-ney, aged 73, an old resident ofthe c i ty -
March 11-12--One d.egree belowzero.
M4rch 13.-Maple Grove house, atLong Lake, owned by John Beck,destroyed by f ire.
I larch 14.--Death of A. B. Inmar,a Long Rapid.s farmer, at the countyhouse.
March 13.-Prince & Buck movetlinto their new laundry, on ChishohnFtreet.
April 3.-Charter eleetion. Re-publicans elect every cand-id.ate in
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the city, except constable irr tbirtllward.
April 4.-Death of Mrs,PIac ie , aged ?0 .
Apri l ,6.-Organization o.fness Men's Associat ion.
.Lucy
Busi'
Dealh of .Mrs. Mary Glennie, aged!65 .
Navigation opened hJ ar-rival o.tsteamer Desmond and bargs Rounds.
Aprll ?.-Death of Thomas Man-ring, aged 85.
ADril 8.-D€ath of Jrtrs. D. D.Morris, aged 7.3.
Apri l 13.-Death of .John F.:Went-worth, aged 71, for 34 years a resi-,dent of the county- Civi l war veten-€n.
April 16,-Death of fVlartin C,Benjamin, of Hubbard Lake. one otthe early sett lers of Alpena county.i,gecl 83-
-May 3.-Alpena house barn burn-\ed anil six hoxsos perisheit in t,heflames.
May 9.-Death of Wm. Baker, onerof the oltl resiclents of the city.
May l0.-Death of lWrs. HannaBadder, Wils.on township, a,& €ariysettler, ageii 73.
May 11.-Death 'of Mrs. Roo-t.Ludewig, aged 77, a resident o"t AFlena s ince 1871.
May l4.-Death ot Mrs. Etla J,Potter, agecl 54.
May 23.-Mrs. Sarah Burit ick i l ieetin DetroiL Mrs. Burdick .was oneof the pioneex residenls .of Alpena^
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May 31.-Order ot Eastern Starorga n ized.
Death of Mrs. Bessie Fitzpatrick,o f Map le R idge, aged 64 .
June 1.-Veterans Corps, AlpenaGuards, hold.s annual meeting and-banquet aL Long Lake.
June 2.-Mutual Telephone Co. ac-quires BelI phone interests in Al-Bena.
Death of. Mrs. Geo. Pamerleau,aged 50 .
June 4-Death of John G. Myer,aged 69, a resident of Alpena for27 years .
June 6-Sudden death of EdwardF. Genrow, aged 28.
June 10-Death of John Kesten,aged 74, a resident of Alpena for 39years.
Death of Chas. H. Beneway, aged57, for 1,4 years a resident of A1-pena, and a veleran of the civil war.
S.chool census shows school popu-lat ion of ci ty 4,298.
June 16-Mrs. Jas. S. Irwin ofWilson township, who came to AI-pena in 1857, d ied a t the age o f 80 .
Death of Mrs. Mary X'itzpatrick,aged 86, having lived in Alpena 22years.
June 21-Death of Ira Green-baum, aged 21, tlorn in Alpena.
June 25-Wreck of steamer Sham-rock.
June 30-Death of Mrs. DyerWilson, aged 66.
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July 12-Board of Education cle.cides to add another room to X'rank-l in school.
Week ol street, carnival.July l?-Barn of Chas. Kimball .
Green township, struck by lightningand burnecl with contents, includingtwo horses.
July 1g-fl,sceipt of news of tleathof Jas. A. Boggs, a former residentof Alpena, at Salt Lake City.
Death of Mrs. Celina LaCroix, of\&:i lson township, aged 71.
Besser Mfg. Co, making brick anrlti.Ie from cement,.. in operation.
Fire at residence of Mrs. PeteiLamont, Chisholm street.
July 24.-Death .of Alfred W..Smith, aged 65, a pioneer anrl veter-an of the civil war.
July 26.-Otlcl tr"ellows' pienic atTawas Beach.
Grocers' anil Butchers' picnlc atLong Lake.
July 2?-X'ire at Ossineke destroy-ed $5,000 worth of cei lar.
July 2 8-Sells-X.orepaugh circus.July 29-Death of Mrs. Elattie
Turner, of Green township, agett 31.Aug. 5-Death of Mrs. Wm. N.
l \ IcPhail , ageal 28.Aug. 6-Dsath of Richartl Leasley-
aged 80, for over 40 years a resitlenrof Alpena.
Aug. /-Ney acklition to Fletcherpaper mill completed ancl machinerybeing installecl.
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Elol'mes & Kelsey havihg plir,nsdiawn for new ware house on X'letch-er street.
Death of Mis. Mary Loomis, agedT1, a pioneer of the courty:
Aug: 8-AIBena. Guards. embarkedfor state encampment:
Aug. 11.-Death of James Body,aged 69, for 35 years a resment ofAlpena.
Aug. 1?-Maccabee Associatioft- picnic at Efarrisvillb:
Alpena Guards returned fromstate encampment-
Hol?nes & Kelsey commence exca'T ation for nerr wareliouse:
Aug. 21-lsf ing of corner stonerfor new cr-ty hall.
Aug. Z4-Knights of CblUmbus:picnic at Tawas Beach.
Aug. 31 ,{nnual picnic of \Yoocl-men of America ancl Royaf Neigh*Dors at Tawas Beacll.
Sept. 3-Sutltlbn deatn of RussefCole, aged 17, while on an ,outing onlPartridge Poiirt.
Sept. 6.-Death, at Detroit , of Mrs;.Patr ick Fol€y, formerly Mrs. J. C:.Chisholm, of Alpena; aged 60. Mrs:tr'oley came to AIPena ih 1864.
Sept. ?-Masons commencederecting stone founafation. fbr Holmes*& Kelsey wareliouse.
Sept: 11-Alpena County SavingslJank occupied new bank building.
Sepi. Z0.-Christ Nelson's farmbuildings, ih Alpena fownship;. hurn-
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Sept. 23-Finding of body of FredCrum, who shot himself on the 13th.
Sept. 24-Death of Mrs. Wm. Hat-ton, aged 57, for 25 years a residentof Aipena.
26, 27, 28, 29-tr 'our county fair.Sept. 28-Death of John Westrope,
aged 62, who had resiclecl in Alpena43 years.
Sept. 3O-Repairs anrl adctition totr'ranklin school completecl.
Death of Miss Abbie W. Marther.at Terre Haute, Ind. Miss Marther'was one of the Alpena pioneers.
Oct. z-Barn and contents of IsaaeJohnson, Sanborn township, des-troyecl by fire.
Oct. 4--House, barn, blacksmithshop and contents, owned by JohnBeaulieu, at Bolton, burned.
Oct. 6-Death of Archibald Mc-Lean, aged 7?, a resident of Alpenafor 34 years.
Oct. ?--Sioux City Seect Co. build-ings completetl.
Oct. 11-tr'irst snow of the season.Steamer Birckhead, which parily
burned a month previous, raised.Oct. 12-Organization of a lodge
ot Eagles in Alpena.Oct. 19-Death of
'Wm. Cousins.
aged 64, a resident of Alpena 14years.
Oct. 2B-Winnifredl Brown, aged8, accidentally shot in shoukler.
Oct. 2{-Clara Schulsaufsy, aged,{1. burned to death in Ossineke twn.
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Oct. 29-Frank Buchanan acci-dental ly wounded while hunting, byeharge of shot from g'un of compan-ion,
Oct. 30-Denton SeIIick died, aged84; came to Alpena back in the 50's:Mr. Sellick was & verteran of thecivil war.
Nov. 4--Accidental shooting ofGIen Macklem, by hiS brother.
Mateland Wilson, of Long Rapids'accidental ly shot in Ieg W compan-ion, while huntihg.
Richard Sulvan inJured by dyna-mite explosion at Alkali works.
Nov. 6-At Soldiers' Horhe, tleathof Mark Andrews of Alpena,, veteranof the civi l war.
Nov. 8-Death of Wm. M. Rogers;aged 54, pioneer, resided in Alpena.33 years:
Nov. g.-Jn Detroit , t teath of Rt.Rev. Thos. T. Davies, bishop of Epis-.copal diocese ,of Michigan.' Nov. ll-'Irhree childien of Aug:Prell burned to death at Metz.
Nov. 13-Barge Nell ie Mason,.owned by F. W. Gilchrist, wreckedat Cleveland.
Nov. 17.--Rev. C. D. Wil l iams oflCleveland, elected bishop of Episco-pal diocese of Michigan.
Nbv. 20-Death of John Berry--h i l l , aged 86 , one o f the ,o ld res idents ,civi l war veteran.
Nov. 23-Death of Chas. Kimball-aged 61, a pioneer of Green tvp.
Nov. 24-Death of Mrs. Edward
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Bryan, aged 78, a resident of thecity for 43 years.
Nov. 28-Wreck of steamer HoI-Iand, at Rogers City.
Nov. 3O-Light snow on groundbut no sleighing.
Dec. l-Death of James Kearney,aged 72, an Alpena cit izen for 30years.
Dec. 3 Geo. Osgood, aged 79,formerly oi Alpena, died at RogersCity.
Dec. 7.-Chief of Pol ice J. C.Fockler shot and seriously woundedby Peter tr\'oods.
Edward Nearing, of Ossineke, in-jured by team running away, anddied on the Sth.
Sepull's PharmacyEstablished May l, l9l4
NOT SO VERY OLD-BUTRELIABLE
n t . / I tL/rugs, I\oclaKs,Druggists' Sundries
ALPENA, MICHIGAN
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Death of Mrs. prudent Bedard.aged 52, for 23 years a resident ofthe city.
Dec. 8-Albert tr'ournier killed bydynamite explosion at Alkal i works.
Dec. 15-sudden death, in Longapids, of Rev. J. O. Snider, agecl 66.Dec. 18-Twin boys, 1? months
old, of Mr. and NIrs. Joseph Danford,burned to death in Long Rapids.
Dec. 23-Snow sufficient to makesleighing.
Dec. 28-Death of John Kadau,for 33 years a farmer of Alpena twp.
Dec. 28-29-Rain. Snow nearly al lgone.
Dec. 30-X'reeze-up. Wagons andsleighs both in use-mosily sleighs.1906-
Jan. 3-Rain most of afternoonand night. Sleighing gone.
Jan. 4-Snow. Fair sleighing.Jan. 7.-p"ath of Austin Dead_
man, at Detroit .Jan. l3.-Death of ex-Alder-man
Alexander Daoust, aged 63.Jan. 13-Annual banquet of Co,
D, M. N. G.Jan. 28-Death of Mil ton Cady,
aged ?8, a pioneer of Alpena county.Feb. 3-Death of Samuel I . Dafoe.
aged 81, a resident of Alpena since1 8 6 2 .
n'eb. 4-Death of Lax Featham,aged 55, as result of being shot byPeter J. Woods, Dec. Zth.
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X'eb. 5-Death of George White,aged 67, Maple Ridge twp. pioneer.
Feb. 10-Death of Rufus P. At-kinson, aged 73, resident of Alpenafor 33 years.
Feb. 14-Residence known as J.C. Chisholm house, ,on Mil I street,destroyed by f ire.
Feb. 16-At Detroit, death of Dr.A. M. Miller, former Alpena resident.
F e b . 2 ? - D e a l h o f f l r s . C o n r a dHabermehl, aged 79, a resident ofAlpena for 23 years.
March 2-3-Big snow storm, treesIoaded with the beauti ful, and sleigh-ing to the 18 th .
March ?-Fire in Cull igan block,doing considerable damage.
March 9-Residene of SimonNoble, at Hubbard Lake, destroyedby f ire.
March 18-Death of Eledrick Tig-chon, aged 83, a veteran of the civi lwar and a resident of Alnena since1 8 7 1 .
March 19-St. Patrick's banquetat St. Bernard's haII.
i\{arch 20-Residence ancl house'-hold goods of John Dodd, at Bolton,destroyed by fre.
March 21-Death of Sylvenus C[.Stewart, aged 66, for 25 years a res-ident of the city, and for three yearsa member of the Board of Education.
March 2Z.-Death of Phi l ip J.Phi l l ips, aged 58, who had been aeitizen of Alpena 34 years.
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l \ [s1s[ !{ .-Death of Angus Car-rnichael, aged 78, for 24 years a resi-dent o f the c i ty .
Apri l 4.-Charter elect ion. Demo-crats elect mayor, treasurer, justlce,and four aldermen. Republicanselect three aldermen.
Apri l 5.-Death of Joseph Beau-doin, aged 37, for 31 years a cit i -zen of Alpena, and at one t imealderman.
Apri l 11.-Opening of navigationby arr ival .of propeller M. T. Green,f rom Por t Huron.
Apr i t l z . -Death o t Mrs . HannaLud ing ton , aced 68 , one o f the 6 ldresidents of the city.
Apri l 19.-Death of Casper Al-pern , aged 68 , a bus iness man o fA lpena s ince 1872, and a ldermanf rom n ' i rs t ward in 1891-2 .
Apri l 20.-Death of paseo p.Coy, aged 71, a veteran .of the civi lwar, and a resident of the city for35 years .
Apri l 24.-Mysterious death, byf ire, of Mrs. John Hart.
May.-Death of Alexander Hep-burn. aged 52, for 35 years a resi-dent of the city.
May S.-Heavy snow storm.May 10.-Fire destroyed barn of
Max G. Fri tz, and two horses of L.R. Balken cremated.
May l2.-Accidental shooting oftwo l i t t le daug'hters of Andre wLumsden, in Long Rapids.
hlay 21.-Members of G. A. R.
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attend memorial services at St. Ber-nard. 's church.
May 30.- G. A. R. observe Dec-oration day, decorated graves of de-ceased veterans, with ctmpfire and,supper at armory.
May 31.-Death of Spencer J.Showers, aged 58; for 18 years anAlpena resident, and a prominentOdd l-e].l.ow.
J urre 7.-Thirt ieth anniversar.ybal l of Alpena Guards.
June 25 . -John Mck innon. a la t l ,drowned in Thunder Bay r iver.
June 30.-School census of ci ty,4 , 0 0 4 .
JuIy 4.-{Jsual July 4 cerebration.JuIy 23.-Fred N. Potter assumes
posit ion as postmaster of AIpena.Ju ly 25 . -A lpena lodge, 199, F .
and A. M., celebrates 40th anniver-sx r) ' .
July 28.-Death of Joseph Bei-r iault , aged 72, an Alpena residentfor 30 years.
Aug. 3.-Alpena Guards leave forna t iona l encampment .
Death of Dr. C. W. Isaminger.Aug. 5.-Barn and contents of
Wm. G. Ferguson, at Hubbard Lake,des ' i royec l by f i re . Loss $2 ,000.
Aug. S.-Grocers and butcherJpicnic at Long Lake.
Aug. 9.--Sudden death of EdwarCGossi in, a Sanborn township farmer,while l .ooking for a doctor in thccity.
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Aug. 12.-German Aid Socieiydedicate new f lag.
Aug. 14 . -Death o f Samuel Ma l -colmson, aged 59, just ice of peace,a veteran of the ciyil rilar.
Aug. 16.-Froresters of shoretowns picnic at the fair grounds.
Aug. 2 3.-I{nightd of Columbusouting at Tawas Beach.
Aug. 24.-Death of George H-Gray, aged 59, a resident ,of Alpenas i n c e 1 8 7 3 .
Aug.29 . -Death o f ! ' rank D.Spratt, aged 75, one of Alpena'searliest settlers, 'having come here in1 8 6 5 .
Charles Thwaites, aged. 23, drown-ed in Brush Lake, Montmorencycounty.
Aug. 30.-Annual picnic of North-eastern Maccabee Associat ion, atfair grounds.
Aug. 31.-Death at Cheboygan, ofWm, G. Boggs, a former Alpenaman.
Sept. 3. Labor Day celebration-Sept. ?.-Runaway air ship found
in Wolf Creek sett lement.Sept. 25.-Wm. D. Foley and Rob-
ert R. Stephens purchase Bostwick'sdrug store.
25_26_27_29._Annual fair ot Al_pena County Agricultural Society.
Sept. 30.-Laying the corner stoneof Parish house of Trinity society.
Oct. 2.-Alpena lodge, 1?0, I . O. o.]'. celebrates 35th anniversary of
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founding of lodge Odd Fellows inAlpena.
Death of Henry Parrow, aged 86,for 40 years a resident of Alpena.
Oct. 16.-Anthony Keiger, aged77, a veteran of the civi l war, an-swers last rol l cal l .
City electr ic l ights shone for thefirst t ime.
Oct. 19.-Death at BaY CitY, ofMrs . A . D. Le f ren ie r , aged 60 , oneof the Alpena pioneers.
Oct. 2l.-Death of Mrs. HansOlsen, aged 65 , fo r 24 years a res i -dent of Alpena.
Oct. 24-!rarm house of DomonickPoplinski, on Ossineke road, des-troyecl by f ire
Blackburn & Co.WRITE
All Kinds of Insurance
Buy or Sell
City Property, Farm and
Timber Lands
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Oct. 26.-Thunder Bay Encamp-ment, Odd Fellows, celebrates BOthannlversary,
Death of Isaac Chamberlain, aged70, for 28 years a resident ot Ll-pena.
Oct .29 . -Death o f Thos . Doy le ,aged 45, a resident of Alpena f iomboyhood.
Nov. 1.-Joseph Shorky, a sevenyear old lad, accidenally shot whileplaying with a gun.
Nov. 5.-Edgar Brown accident_Iy shgl by Wm. Git l , white huntingpartr idge .on North point. Brownr ecovered.
Nov. 8.-Surveyors commenced thesurvey of route for D. & M. rai lroadextension from Alpena to Gaylord.
. Nov. 12.-Cutt ing out and gracl-ing routs of D. & NI. rai lroad westfrorn Alpena, commenced.
Nov. 13.-Death of Oliver John_son, aged 45, a resident of Alpenafor 25 years.
Nolr. 17.-Death of Mrs. Carol inefero^V_, aCed 59, a resident of the cityfor 25 years.
Nov. 22.-Steamer City of Mack_inac leaves on last tr ip, elosingseason o f D. & C. boats fo r 1906.
Nov. 26 . -Drowning o f John Keat -ing at Seatt le, Washington, formerlya pioneer sett ler of Long: Rapids.
Nov. 28.-Old city water works.on bay shore, north side, permanent_ly shut down.
Death, at Chicago, of James B.
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White, one of tbe early settlers ofAlpena township.
Noy. 28;-Dealh of Mrs. John3ogie, ag.ed 65, a resident of thislocality for 34 years.
Dec. 5,-Death of Mrs- MarY3owen, aged 64, for 40 years a resi.,dent of Alpena.
Death of Joh-n Nicholson, ag€d 71,f,or nearly 50 years a promin€nt busi-ress man of Alpena.
Sleighing commenced.Dec. 9.-Death of George W.
Jones, aged 65, .a resident .of Al.penafor 28 years.
Dec. 13.-Rodney McGil l is hart:arm torn off at cement works.
Dec. 15.-Death ot H. E. McGee,at Port Huron, formerly of ,A.lPena^
Robert Polzin
Groceries, Provisions, Flour
Feed, Hay, Grain
Fruits and Vcgetables
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Dec. 16.--Disappearance ofton T. Burrel l .
Dec. 17.-Site chosen forbui lding, on River street, at
Kings-
publicfoot of
F irst.Dec. Z1.-Sudden death, at Dul-
uth, of Judson D. Holmes. a form-er res ident and a t to rney o f A lpena,aged 63 .
Dec. 30.-Death of AlexanderMcDonald, one of the early setilerqin Alpena, and foi many years pasta member of the insurance agencyof Kel ly & McDonalcl.
Dec. 3O.-Rain aII night. Sleigh,ing gone.
1907._-Jan.- 18.-Robert C. tr'ockner.
fo rmer ly w i th Mason Lumber Co. ,died at New Bedford., Mass.
Jan. 19.-Death of Jas. W. Car_Benter" Ossineke farmer.
Fire in l\{asonic block. Damage$ 3 . 0 0 0 .
Jan- ??.-Lumber camB of Jas.Gardner" Upper South Branch. buru-ed .
Jan. 25.-Mrs. Melinda Toland.Oss ineke, d ied , aged 82 .
Jan.29 . -Deat 'h o f X ' rank Beck ,pr'oprietor of Union Hotel.
Jan. 3l.-Henry R. Morse, earlyAlpena sett ler and - lumberman, diei lat Dearborn, agetl ?5.
Death of Supervisor Leon Mar-sha l l , o f Oss ineke.
Feb. 5 . -E leven be low zero-
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Feb. ?.-Death of Mrs. SolomonEvans, of .Maple Ridge.
Feb. 9.-Death of Mrs. Chas. W-'Trask, fol lowed later by death clrdaughter" Anna J,-, antl double fun-eral on 1:5tir.
Feb. 13.-Death of John Barrett,with Uni"on Life Guards.
Death of Christ Peterson, agedl69, for.36 years an Alpena residen"t-
Death of David Donald, ased 7&ra Long Rqpi.ds farmer 25 .y,ears.
tr'eb. 18..-----Fire in Alpena P.ort--land Cement BIanL
Feb. 2L.-Death of Geo. Dean,resident of Long J,ake since 1872.
Feb. 24 . - In Map le R idge, deathof Mrs. Solomon King, resident otcounty 37 years
Feb. 26.-Big f ire at I I i l lman.March 18.-Fire in botrling alleY
on Chisdolm street, east.March 2l.-D;irer Wilson, aged 66,
civil urar Yeteran, 30 years in Al-pena, died on street.
]\Iarch 22.-Big fire at llarris-vi l le, Alpena asked for assistance.
lVlarch 2&-Bullock House, O$-sineke, burned.
:March 29.-Arrival of RusseilSage, f i rst boat of the season.
Bert Barry, engineer of tug Roy,scaldetl while reBairing boiler.
Apri l 1,-Charter elect ion.
April 6,-Death orf M.rs. Orin-da McPhee, .aged 85" an old xesidentof the cit-v-
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Apri i 4.-Death of Wm. Dixon,aged 70 , fo r 49 years a res ident o fAlpena.
April 10.-Life saving: stationson Thunder Bay Island and. MiddleIs land u 'en t in to commiss ion .
Apri l 15.-Daniel McDougall , for38 years a resident of the city, diedat ths age of 56 years.
Apri l 19.-4.. ior1 of steamerCity of Alpena on her f irst tr io ofthe season.
April 12.-Railway collision .onD. & M. between posen and Metz.John Murphy ki l led, three othersseriously injured-
Apri l 29.-State 'savings
Bankopened.
Apri l l8.-Death of John D. Mc-Donald, proprietor of the ShermanHouse, aged 62 .
Apr i l 23 . -A t Orcbard H i l l , dea thof Mrs. Gustave Anderson, aCed ?6.
Apri l 24.-Three inches of snowfelI.
Apri l 25.-At Sunken Lake, deathof Mrs. Johanna Benson, aged g?.
Apri l 27.-Death of Eugene A"Wright, of Hubbard Lake, aged b5-
Apri l 28.-Death of Mrs. Wm. E_Ilazel l , aged 80, for 30 years a resi-dent of the city.
Apri l 30.-Steamer pi lgr im,of the Thompson l ine, wrecked nearPort Huron.
May l.-l\tJgmbers of .Bue1ah and.Primrose lodges, Rebakahs. cele-brate 88th anniversary of the or-
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ganization of Odd Fellows in Amer-ica.
l lay 7.-Fincl ing ol the bocly ofKingston T. Burrel l in the r iver.Mr. Burrel l cl isappearecl Dec. 10,
1 9 0 6 .May 10.-25 t legrees above zero.May 10.-I ' ish hatehery closeal for
the season o f 1907.
May 10.-I)eath of Mrs. Joe Pot-v in , aged 82 , fo r 30 years res identof tho city. '
May 11.-Death of Margaret Root,72 years of age, antl oldl resident ofLong Rap ids .
May 11.-At Detroit , . cleath of'Wm. tr'. A.tkinson, a former Alpena
atLorney,May 11.-Clarence Leahm drowil-
ed in South Branch of Thunder Ba:iRiver.
May 12.-Knig'hts Templar attendrl ivine services at Trinity church.
May 15.-Annual banquet of Co.D., M. N. G., at Armory.
May 22.-Death of Antoine La-Graff, agecl 77, a resident of Alpenas i n c e 1 8 8 2 .
May 26.-Death of James Tolmie,aged 64, a civi l war veteran. .
May 26.-The "okl boys" of t,heG. A. R. attended services at th<Methodist church.
May 26.-Death of AugustZiem, aged 56, a resident of thes ince 1878.
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May 26.-Death of James S. Ir-win, aged 89, of Wilson township, *,resident of the. county for 50 years-
May Z7.-Snow and rain.DIay 21.-Steamex. Culliga.n caught
in a bl inding snow storm off Pres-que Isle, but managed to neach shel-ter in Thunder Bay:
May 28.-Charles Malette shol"and ki l led his wife, at the home of a;neighbor, .on EleventL street.
May 2 9.-Deatb- of" IJenriettaSans, aged 76, for 26 yearsan Alpena;resident..
May 3.0.-Decoration Day observ-.ed by G. A. R. veterans and-Woman'sRelief Oolps-
May &0.-Death. of Phi l i ! Mahan.aged 61, lor 28 years an AJpena cit i -ten.
June 9:-Vanious secret otganiza-'iions of the city marched to therc.emeteries and held. memorial ser-'vlces.
J-une' l0--School census for citf:hows 4 ,118 o f schoo l age.
June lz.-Death of Eugene S,.Jchnson, a resident of the city for '25 years
.Iune 13.-F redbrick Wilckel ing;a German resident of ' the city for '25 years, ttietl at age of 55 years.
June 1?.-Sudden death of Chas..I I . Davis, an old resident of the coun-ty and a veteran .sf the.Civi l war.
July 4.-Independence day dulyeelebraterl'.
July 4.-Death of Edward Mc-
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Donalcl, agei l 8?, a veteran of theCivi l war, and a resident of AlPenafor 27 years.
July ?.-Dedication ol Free Meth-odist church in Wilson township.
JuIy 13.-Michigan Veneer Co.mil l on Tenth street, together with1 ,500 cords o f exce ls io r wood, de-s t royea l by f i re . Loss , $20,000.
JuIy 1"4.-Death of Mrs' AugustusH. DeRoche, aged 62, for 25 Yearsa resir lent of AlPena.
July 17.-Picnic ol Huron ShoreSunday School associat ion at the fairgrounds.
July 25.-Death of Mrs- JohnSinclair, agecl 43 Years.
July 28.-sudden death while onhis way home, of JerrY St. Charies,aged 43 years.
JuIy 30.-Death at Onaway ofAlbert St. Charles, agecl 47, form-erly of Alpena:
July 31.-Butehers and Grocerspicnic at Long Lake"
Aug. . t.-ftssidence of EdwardLaskowski struck bY ilghtning.
Aug. l.-Annual picnic of Knights'of Columbus, at Tawas Beach.
Aug. 4.-St. Anne's Church, onNinth street. destroyed by fire andparish school builtling batlly clamag-ed.
Aug. $.-Erlward Fatheam, 'aged
21, r l ied lrom lockiaw.
Aug. 8.-Odtl Fellows of EluronShore hold annuel picnic at Onaway.
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Aug. 8.-Laying of ci ty waterworks intake pipe completed.
Aug. f 4.-Alpela Guards start:for eamp at Ludington.
Aug. 15.-Annual picnic of HurolrShore Modern W'oodmen. at fairgrounds.
Aug. f7.-Death of fsaac tr'lewel--I ing. aged 61, for 20 years a residentof tho city.,
Aug; 19.-Barn and contents ofNelson Vroman destroyed by f ire.
Aug. 20.-Annual picnic of Huron.Shore Gleaners, at Tbwas Beach.
Aug. 20.--Grange. picnic atCathro.
Aug. 2f.-Wilbur B. Case, agec[35, a former resident of Alpena;..drowned at St. Joseph.
20-Zl-22.-Short Ship . races at.the fair grounds.
Aug: 23'.- l-brepaugh & Sells:Bros . ' e i reus in town.
Aug. 24 . -A Ipena Guards re tu rnirom state encampment at Luding-fon.
Aug. 25 . - John La londe, o f A1- .nena, ki l led in an accident at X.ort l.Wil l iams,
Ont.Aug. 29 . -Maccabes o f Huron
Shore held picnic at Oscoda.Aug. 31.-Death of Mrs. tr'red
C. Barron, aged 24, daughter of 'l I i ram Calkins.
Sept. 2.-Labor Day celebration.Sept .3 . -Barn and conten ts o t :
X' ' ied Renus, Ossineke township-struck by I ightning and burned.
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Sept. 4.-Cigar factory of Wm-Alee gutted by f ire.
Sept. 5.-John Bougie, aged 63,and for 30 years a resident of Hub-bard Lake, died in hospital at AnnArbor.
Sept. 6.-Death of Mrs. EdwardHagle, aged 31, a resident of A1-pena from chi lclhood.
Sept. 9.-Residence of A. E.Worden, Eighth street, part ial lydestroyed by f ire.
Sept. 13.-Mrs. Wm. W-altenbury,aged 64, died at her home in MapleRicIge.
Sept. 14.-Death of Joseph Shook,aged ?0, a resident of this city for2 5 years.
Sept. 15.-Neylor bakery on MiI-Ier street, destroyed by f ire.
Sept. 15.-Death of Robert Lude-wig. a resident of the city sinco1 8 7 1 .
24-27-28.-Annual fair of AlpenaAgricultural Associat ion.
Sept. 24.-Charles W. Chadwickof Atlanta, f.ound dead, having beenmurdered.
Sept. 25.-Death of AlexanderLough, aged 76, a resident of thecity for 26 years.
Sept. 2 ?.-Death of Mrs. El lenPage. aged 62 , a . res ident o f A lpenafor 26 years.
Oct. 6.-Death of Mrs. JayBrown, aged 77, a resident of theeity and county for 34 years.
Oct. 18,-August Headke diet l at
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Harper hospitat, Detroit , from in-"ruries received by falling from h!.sDarn , a t "16 , , , Oc t . g .
Oct. 18.-Mrs. John Charbonneau,aged 62, an old resident of the city,answered the last summons.__ Oct. 24.-Death of Mrs. Mary J.McF'arland, aged gg years.
O.t. 25.-Mrs. Joseph Danish,Sged 5-0, thrown from buggy near theMoench
-ta_qn9rV, by a runawaylrorse, and died the same evening.- Oct. 28.*Death of Mrs. tr ' red A.Lal i lond, aged 3b.
* Oc!. 30.-Death of Dennis .1.!^ogr_ch, a resident of the city since187 2 .
_-Nov. 6.-Death of Mrs. JamesEingham, aged 49 , fo r more thanrnlny years a resident of Alpena._ Nov. 10.-Death of James Mc_Donald, ?8, for about 40 years aresident of Alpena.
Nov. 13.-John tr 'err is murderedat AuSable and Toney Duley of Al_pena accused of the crime.
Nov. 14.-Death of Simon King,3,-ged 88, an old resident of Mapt'cRidge.
.. Tou._ 16.--Body of Mrs. LymauYake tound in woods near G i lchr is trarm, having wandered away whiloin a demented state of minrl .
-_ \ou. 18.-Death of Mrs. KenneihMtDouga l l , aged 51 , a res ident o fAlpena for B6 years.
Nov. 19 . -shoot ing a f fa i r a t homeot Amede Gren ie r , in A lpena town_
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ship, when Miss Alvena Greniervr 'as shot in the foot.
Nov. 23.-Death at Tower of Mrs.Dr . James M. Garvey , aged 58 . .
Dec. 4.-Death of Mrs. El izabethSt . Onge, aged 92 .
Dec. 10.-2 degrees below zero.Dec. z8._Death of rMrs. Jas. tr ' .
Grant.Dec. 3l.-Death of Donald
Lean-Mc-
1904-Jan. zz.-Death of Mrs. Charles
E. Wilcox, a resident of the city 37years.
Jan. 26.-Patr ick O'Toole, died af-ter a residence of 35 years in Al-pena.
Jan. 2&.-After a residence of 30years in Alpena, David Hinks passedaway.
Jan. 31.-13 degrees below zero.Feb. 4.-Big snow storm, dri f t .
four feet high.F eb. 1 2.-Shingle mil l , gr ist
mill and electric lisht plant at HiU-man burned.
Feb. 19.-Death of Mrs. Jos.Morse, an Alpena resident 30 years.' Feb. 20.-James Napper, for 40years a resident of Alpena county,rlied at his Wilson home.
F eb. 2l.-Adolphus Martel, of'Wilson township, ki l led in runaway
accident.Feb. ?4"-Death of Mrs. Cornelius
Soain.
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March 1.-Mrs. Carol ine Burton.aCed 72, fo r 3b an A lpena res ident ,d i e C .
March ?.-Death of Robt. J. Kel-ley, ht Bati le Creek, civi l war veter_an, formerly of Alpena,
March 12.-Death of Antone Beno,aged 93 .
March 1?.-Death of Mrs. EricOlson, an Alpena t.ownship resident35 years.
March 24.-House .and contentso f Jos . H. parker , Wi lson road,DUrned_
March 2g.-At Grand Lake, deathof John King, aged 80, came to Al-pena 45 years ago.
Apri l 4.-I{ouse of Fred tr ' redettevrrecked by f ire.
Apri l 5.-Death of Mrs. tr ' reder-ick -Meleski, aced 80, survived bymother ased 104.
Apri l 6.-Charter eleetion.Apri l 8.-Porter shingle mil l at
Mil lersburg, destroyed bf t i re.Apri l 12.-Alpena Excelsior mil l
wrecked by f i re . Loss 915,000.Apri l 13.-Thunder Bay Island
and Middle Island l i fe saving crewswent into comm'ssion. Home trad-ing meeting in Chamber of Com-merce.
Apri l 16.-1V[1s. El len Gavagan,w-idow of John, passed away, altei35 years resident.
Apri l 21.-D. & C. steamer Citvo_ f A lpena ar r i ved ,on f i rs t t r ip o itho season.
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Apri l 22.-Death of Mart in Cull i -gan, for 30 years a resident of thisci ty.
Apri l 23.-Death of Andrew W.Comstock, aged 70, at Detroit , oneof the founders of AlBena.
Apri l 24.-Death of Reuben S.Aris, for 3 years an Alpena resialent.
Apri l 25.-Mrs. Ge.o. R. Nicholsondied after a residence of 29 yearsin the city.
May 4.-Death of Justice of thePeace John G. Beekman, aged 76, ar€sident of Alpena for nearly 40years and at one t ime prominent iniumber business.
May l0.-Death of Mrs. R. T.Murphy, aged 62, a resident of Al-pena for 19 years.
May 1?.-Death of Albert E.Buchanan, aged 63. a resident ofAlpena for 45 years.
May l8.-Death of Mrs. John J.Cathro , o f Map le R idge, aged 67 ,resident of Alpena county since1 8 7 5 .
May 24.-Civi l war veterans, un-der escort of Spanish war veterans,attended divine services at theBaptist church.
May 24.-Frank H. Walker, aged15, drowned in Richardson pond.
May 25.-Brick pavement on X' irst.street completed.
May 25.-Death at Detroit , ofMrs. H. l I . Wittelshofer, of thiscity, at age of 54 year.
June 6.-Detroit Chamber of
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Commerce entertained by Alpenabusiness men.
June 1-0.-Death of Mrs. El iza-beth Rayburn, aged 73, for 40,yearsa resident of Alpena.
June 10.-Death of Mrs. El izabethOliver, aged 59, for 35 years a resi-dent of Alpena.
June 12.-Charles Howard, of Al-pena, lost both legs by being runover by cars at Mil lersburg.
June 12--Death of Mrs. DougallMcDonald, aged 57, a resident ofthe c i ty s ince 1878.
June 1s.-Death of H. G. Eakins,one of Alpena's dentists.
June 20.-Death of Charity Per-cival, aged 92, mother of Mrs. Thos.C. Lester.
June 2 6.-School census of citysh.ows 3,855 of school age.
July 4.-X'ourth celebration. Fire-works display on bay in the evening,checked by rain.
July 6.-Drowning of ChesterI{ inton, aged 14, in the lagoon nearihe county house.
July 13.-W. H. McMil len severelyinjured in runaway accident onUpper South Branch.
JuIy 14.-Beck Brewing Co- icehouse destroyed by f ire.
Ju ly 15 . -Death o f Arch ie McCal -Ium, aged 65, Register of Deeds andfor 29 years a resident of Alpena.
July 1 6.-Annual outing ofIlVoodmen of Huron strore at Harris-v i l le .
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July 16.-Three f ires. X' irst, sl ightf ire in Trinity parish house. Sec-ond, barn of J. T. Botswick destroy-ed. Third, X',ox block on Chisholmstreet considerably damaged.
July 1?.-Death in hosp.i tal atAnn Arbor of Fred W. Itragen, form-er treasurer of the city of Alpena.
July 19.-Sudden death of Wil l ieSpens, aged 1?, son of E. C. Spens.
July 20.-Death of Edward Bryon,aged 78, a resident of Alpena since1 8 6 4 .
July 23.-Northern Michigan Pub-l ishers' associat ion organized atmeeting held in Alpena.
July 2t-22-2 3.-Short Ship Cir-cuit races at the fair grounds.
July 30.-Lee Beemer, brakemanon the D. & M., run over and ki l i -ed at l last Tawas.
Aug. ?.-Annual picnic of HuronShore Sunday Schooi Associat ion atfair grounds.
Aug. 12-MiIIer Bros. Wilcl Westshovr.
Aug. 13-Grangers' picnic atCathro.
Aug. 14-gs,muel Girard, ageil 55years, a farmer of Alpena townshipfor 33 years, found dead at his home.
Aug. 14-Barn and contents ofRobert K. Carr, near Hubbard Lake,burned.
Aug. 15-Walter Robb, 17 yearsold, drowned in Hubbard Lake.
Aug. 16-Death of John Gal-lagher, aged 58, a resident of thecity for 36 years.
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Aug. 1?-Joe Cohen fe l l f rom win-dow at I . Cohen store and died f rominternal injuries the same night.
Aug. l8-Bert W. Havens k i l ledin an accident at X'letcher paper mill.
Aug. l9-Grocers and butchershold annual p icnic at Long Lake.
Aug. 20-Northeastern MaccabeeAssociat ion picnic at Tawas Beach.
AuA. 20-Work of lay ing br ickpavement, on Second avenue com-menced .
Aug. 22-Fi i tz Carbo, 86 yearscld, an inmate ot county house,dropped dead.
Aug. 25-Death of Mrs. Georgel lazelwood, ageal 32, a resident ofAlpena near ly a l l her l i fe.
AuB. 26-Merchants ' Bicnic atLong Lake.
Aug. 2 7.-Grangers ' p icnic atSp ruee .
Aug. 3 l -Alpena County SavingsBank and State Savings Bank con-sol ic lated.
Sept. 3.-Death of Mrs. GeorgeHaggerr ty, ageal 44, for 21 years aresident cf the c i ty .
Sept. 8-Death of Mrs. Sarah B.Luce, aged 80, a resic lent of Alpenas ince 1861 .
Sept. 15--James Johnston, of Al-Bena, st ruck by t ra in on D. & M. atWaveland, and k i l led.
Sep t . 15 -1? -29 th annua l f a i r o fAlpena County Agr icul tural society.
Sept. 18-George Bradlrury andGertrude Pr iest found dead. both
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ahot, about four miles from city,supposed murder and suicide.
Sept. 18-Alpena Guards start forencampment at Lawrence, Ind.
Sept. 22-"Toseph Ballard, a Hub-bard Lake farmer, dropped dead athis home, aged 40 years.
Sept. 28-Death of John A. Ken-ledy, agecl 65, who had l ived in Al-I)ena for 40 years.
Sept. 29.-Death of Mrs. Carl N.Nelson, aged 28, for more than 20years a resident of the county.
Oct .1 -15- - -Fores t f i res in r lo r r i r -enr Michigan, :rnd made sad h rroci i l Alpena and Presque Isle counl. ies.,! . lcvr,ral l iveS wcre loSt, and hnn-<irecis -rade homeless.
Oct. 4--Death at Hubbar(l Lake ofJohn E l lswor th , aged ?3 , fo r . 10years a resident of the county, or,drreteran of the civil war.
Oct. 13-Body of AlberL J. l l iex,who disappeared Oct. 2, found in rheIiTer.
Oct. 15-Railroad wreck et Metz.'Wil l B. Barrett and Arthur Lee, ofAlpena, and 14 ot 'hers, lose theirl ives.
Oct. 15.-Death of Ross Robertson,aged 41, for :r ,any years a rc'sidentof Alpena county.
Nov. 3-Death of Charles Masters,aged 70, a resident of the city for 36years.
Nov. 4_Death of Elizabeth 8 ,r3,-ham, aged 65, a resident of Alpenafor 35 years.
r62Nov. b_Iirarm house of David
Chaffee, Alpenrl towship, clestroyedbr- fire.
Nov. 8.-Death of wife of Rev.Henryes, of Wilson township, agedii2 years.
Nov. 10-Death of Mrs. trVm. J.Hoey, aged 58, for 33 years a resi-t icnt of Alpena.
Nov. 1s-. i l t lena enjoys Indiansummer. Snow at Sa,ginaw, GrandRapids, Muskegon, Newaygo.
Nov. 1?-Sudden death of Mrs. AI-fred P. Blaney, a,ged 24 years.
NoY. 18-Death of Ernest Wege-meyer, aged 57, a prominent farmerof Wilson township for many years.
Nov. 1g-At Detroit . death ofJames Whalen, aged 71, for manyyears a resident of Alpena, and al,eteran of the civil war.
Nov. 24-Death of Mrs. HenryMecklenberg, aged 77, ,of Greentovrnship, a resident of this countyfor 36 years.
Nov. 25-Last boat of D. & C. I inefor season of 1908 goes south.
Nov. 28-Death of August Manz,aged 53, at asylum in Traverse City,for many years a resident of Alpena.
Nov. 28-Huron Fish Co. bui ld-ings on. Minor dock, destroyed byfire.
NoY. 30-Sudden death of Mrs.John W. Thompson of Long Rapids.
Nov. 30-Death of Mrs. Sarah B.Fiekl, aged 68, one of Alpena'sprominent residents for 35 years.
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Nov. 30-Death of Louis R.Greenbaum, one of the firm ofGreenbaum Bros.
Dee. 2-Death of Mrs. Frank W.Gilchrist, who had resicled in Al-pena for 39 years.
Dec. 2-Death of Mrs. Allan Mc-Innis, aged 58, and a resident ofAlpena for 30 years.
Dec. 2--Alex McAuley, an Alpenaman, met tleath by falling over aprecipice in Montana.
Dec. 4-Home of Mrs. Gosseline,in Ossineke township, destroyed bYfire, and 3-year-old son burned todeath.
Dec. s-Receipt of news of the.sinking of steamer Soo City, ofiNewfoundland, and drowning of
\arles Warren and Frank Kelley,of Alpena.
Dec. 6-Death of Davitl D. Oliver,aged 85, the flrst white man to set-t le in Alpena county. He was theauthor of "Oliver 's History of Al-pena County."
Dec. 23-Navigation closed at Al-pena for seasotr of 1908.
Dec. zl-James A. Hopper, aged20, born in Alpena, answers f lnalsummons.
Dec. 2?-Death of Mrs. JohnBowen, aged 35, who had l ived inAlpena nearly all her life.
1909-Jan. 2-Gregory KeIleY fountl
dead in bunk at lumber camp atWolverine.
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Jan. 5-Thomas C. Adams, civi lwar veteran, old resident of LongRapids, mustered out.
Jan. 15-Sudden death of Mrs.El l izabeth Best, aged 62, of Wilson.
Jan. 1?-Death of W. F. Scott,aged 71, Ossineke resident 25 years.
Jan. 2O-After a residence of 40years in Alpena county, Richard.Haywood, aCed 66, died.
J^\. zz-Jacob Kalisch, aged 88"fcund dead in bed.
Jan.23-At Bay C i ty , death o fMrs. W. L. ChurchiU, former Alpenaresideut.
Jan. 24-Death of Jas. Byron, 40years in Alpena.
Jan. 21_EIks' annual bal l .Mrs. Martha Gilbertson, aged 93,
died after a resid.ence ol 37 years inAlpena.
Feb, l ,_Dr. J, M. Garvey, form-drly of Alpena, died at TraverseCity
Feb. 9-First annual banquet ofAlpena Chamber of Commerce.
Feb. 141-Death of Mrs. ElizabethMcMaster, for 35 years a city resi-dent.
Feb. 15-Sudden death of l \ Irs.Chas. S. Bul lock, aged 71, Alpenaresident since 1863.
Feb. 20-Big f ire at Tower;Duffy Lan'rance and Peter Enoburned to death.
X'eb. 21-Death of Mrs. CatherineDafoe, aged 70, Alpena residents i n c e 1 8 6 2 .
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tr 'eb. 24.-Death of Mrs. Walter M.Seymour, Alpena resident 33 Years.
Death of Mrs. Chas. J. Ani lerson,rersident ol city since chiltlhood.
Feb. 2b-Alpena Argus moYeal tonew home on River street.
Death of Mrs. Chester M. Deming,a resident of the city since 1869.
March 1-Aclrian Hotel at LongLake burnecl.
X{arch 3-Two morning fires inAlpena Ilouse bafn.
March ?-Death of John J.Cathro, agecl 67, county resiclent 35years.
1\{arch 10-Ex-Alderman CamP-bell , 40 years in AlPena, burned todeath in his residence fire, Oldfielclstr eet.
March 15-Frank Male, of AlPena,killed on boat in Clevelantl.
March 18-Death of David Holmesan okl resitlent.
March 2z-Michael Hasfortl i,scrushed to death while coupling carsat Posen.
March 23.-StanleY Vesaloski ac-cidental ly ki l led while hunting.
Cly S. Maiden died at Los Angeles,Cal., cremated and ashes brought toAlpena and placed with remains ofDr.
.Wm. P. Maiden.March 24-Death of Gus Noe.March 2s-Burning of residence
of Aug. BishoP, Maple Ridge.Death of Frank Blaska.March 26--Walker \reneer Works
destroyed by f ire.
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March 28-Death of Jos. C.Meyers, Alpena resident 30 years.
l\{arch 2g-Death of Jane Leasley,aged 70, I ived in Alpena 50 years.
April 5-Charter election.
Apri l 6-Mrs. Wm. Bi ley commit-ted suicide by drowning in. r iver.
Apri l 12-Life saving stat ions incommission for the season,
Deat hof CarI Kosetchek, aged ?5,in A lpena 20 'years .
Apri l l4-Death of Zenus P. Ross,aged 41 .
April 19--{ontract for buildingI{olmes & Reynolds block, Secondavenue, Iet to Northern PlaningiUiU Co.
Apri l 19-Death of Albert D.Stout, aged 62, a civi l war veteran,lor over 40 years a resident of Al-pena.
April 20-Arrival of steamer Cityof Alpena on her f lrst tr ip for 1909.
Apri l 21-Organization of AlpenaShippers' Association.-
NIay 2-Death of Mrs. Esther E.Coll ins, aged 54, a resident of Al-pena s ince 1875.
ilIay 5-Death of Henry Bolton,aged 65, a resident and prominentbusiness man for 45 years.
May 7-James Byron, a business-an and a resid.ent of the city for 25
years, died at the age of 60,May 7-Banquqt of Congrega,-
t ional Brotherhood.
May 7.-Death of Mrs. Nancy
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Burleigh, aged ?9, mother of Mrs'Arvi l lJ Phi l l ips and Mrs. Adelv Ford.
May 2?-Miss Mary Anderson,aged 23, ki l let l by an
'electr ic shock
flom electr ic i ight wire'NIay 30-Civil war and Spanish
war veterans attend divine servicesat Congregational church.
May 31-Observed at MemorialDay by civil war vetexans.
Juns l- !-Qrand EncamPment I .O. O. X'. of Michigan, held annualconvention in AlPena.- June 9.-school census of ci ty
shows 4,093 chi ldren of school age.
June 10-Death of John B. Mc.Donald, aged 65, for more than 40years an Alpena cit izen'
June 13-Cathol ic societ ies ob-serve llemorial day-
JunelB- Death of Mrs. Thos. Mc-I iay, aged 62, a Pioneer resident ofthe county.
June 14-Majori ty of commoncounci l favor cement Pavement.
June l?-_wm. Peppler, aged 60,dropped dead while at work in theblacksmith shop of Archie Mclnnis.
June 18-sudclen tleath of 1\Irs.Mima Wilson, aged 27, while visit-ing in Long RaPids.
June 20-Death of Stephen Bean'agetl 5?, ior 33 Years a resident ofthe city.
June 21-Wrn. Willie' aged 61' aresident of the citv since 18?0' died'
June 21.-Elmer, 5-Year-old chi ldof Wm. Masketl , burned to death.
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June 26-Death of John CarI AIt-mann, aged 73 , a res ident o f the 'c i t ys i n c e 1 8 7 1 .
JuIy 4-Intlependence Day celebra-t ion.
. July 4-Stallion owned by Chas-X{cKenzie poisoned at fair grounds.
July 5.-Home of Peter A. Wilsonin Long Rapids destroyed by f lre.
Julv l f- lsath of Cleophas Ber-iq.rr l t , aged 77, for 40 years a resi-dent of Alpena.
July 18-Riot at the parish resi-dence of St. Mary's church.
JuIv 19-J. C. Vial l undertakesfhe task of compil ing records of bur-ials in Elvergreen cemetery.
July 27-29-Short Ship Circuitra,.es in Alpena.
JuIy 30-Picnic at fair grounds ofFluron Shore S. S. association.
JuIy 3l-Death of CarI Voss. oneof Alpena's best gardeners.
Aug. 4--Death of Wm. H. Main_vfl le, aged 43, who had I ived in AI-pena al l his l i fe.
AuC. 5-Alb€rt Arult , 1? years old,drowned in Long Lake.
. July 9-Death of Mrs. Mary De-Rosier, aged 53, a resident of thecity for 23 years.
July g.-Companion Court X'orest-ers celehrate 12th anniversary.
_ July g-Alpena Guard,s embarkfor state encampment at Ludington.
July g-Opening of new FIoteIDeBeck at Long Lake.
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July 16-Passing away of DanielCurrie, an early resident of the coun-ty and farmer ot Long RaPids'
July 19.-Annual picnic at the fairgrounds of Huron Shore Odd Fellows.
Julv 20-Phil iP W. Mil ler crushedin auto accident on I-/ong Lake road,and t l ied from his injuries S€pt. 14.
JuIv 22-German Aid Society cel-ebrates 40th anniversary.
July 22-Charles Behling, aged54, found dead in bed.
Julv 2b-Daath ot Miss l , i l lu Bra-bant, a young lady born in AlPena.
.Tstv ! f f-$arn and contents of,Tosenh Belore, Alpena township, des-troyed by fire.
Serrt. l -Wil l iam X'. RePke, aged?5, once f igured in Moli tor murdertr ials, found dead in bed.
SeDt. 1-Con Kelley of Long RaP-ids, lost sarv mil l bY f lre.
Sept. 3-Death of Hon. James A.Case, aged 77, one of the olcl resi-dents.
Sept. 3-X'armers' picnic at longLake.
Sept. 5-Knights of Columbus cel-nhrate 9th anniversarY.
Sept. 7-Death of Prof. A. E.Ross, aged 70 years.
Sept. ?-$'illiam tr'ought, formore than 40 years a resident of thecounty, died at the county house, andon the 10th his son, Frank X'ought,.dropped dead on the street.
Sept. S-Mrs. Catherine McGil l is,
1 7 0.who had made Alpena her home for40 years, passed away, aged ?6 years.
Sept. 10-Miss Kate Corbin, whohad l ived in Alpena 30 years, died inDetroit .
Sept. 16-Death of John Moriarty,aged 73, a farmer of Long Rapids for25 years.
Sept. 19.-Thomas Rae, aged 56,a pioneer of Montmorency county,cal led to the hereafter.
Sept. 2l-24-Thittieth annual fairof Alpena Co. Agricultural Society,
Oct. 8-Mrs. Wil l iam Morris, Al-pena township, sets traps and cap-lures big bear.
Oct. 16--Wil l iam Bloom, aged 34,crushed to death by t ipping over ofa carload of stone upon him at theHuron Cement Co. plant.
Oct. 17-Death of Mrs. JohnKitter, aged 45, an early seti ler ofSanborn tov/nship.
Oct. 18-Baptist state conventionheld in Alpena.
Oct. 2l-Death of James B. Kel ly,aged 77, an Alpena resident 26 years,
Oct. 2G-Wil l iam Werth, aged 6b,a pioneer resident of Wilson town-ship, passed to the hereafter.
Oet. 27-Bad fire in Union HouseI-rarn.
Oct. 29-Chisholm street cementpavement from X'irst to F ifth streetscompleted.
November g-Death of Mrs. Al iceJ. Beach, aged 77, a resident of Al-pena 40 years.
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NoY. 2z-Death of Stanislaus Se-quin, aged 42, born in Alpend andlived here al l his l i fe.
Nov. 24-Steamer Oscar T. Fl intburned to water 's edge in ThunderBav.
Nov. 24-Steamer Mackinac goessouth on last tr ip for 1909.
Nov. 30-St. Andrew's Societyholds f lrst annual banquet.
NoY. 30-Death at Mackinaw Cityof Mrs. John S. Mc\r icar, aged 46,former resident of Alpena.
Dec. 12-Death of Dr. Neil Mc-Kinnon, aged 37 iears.
Dec. 22-George Seaman, aged 47,a,n Alpena man, died in Moutana.
Dec. 23-John Wedge, aged 50,a farmer of Maple Ridee, killetl bycars at Cathro.
Dec. 25-Steamer J. C. Suit ar-r ' . , : s f rom Eores ter .
De. 36-Death of Carrie LouiseHanna, aged 18, born in Alpena.
Dec. 28 . -Dr . John P l Roer ig com-mitted suicide at Globe Hotel.
Dec. 29-D. & M. rai lroad formallyopened to Hil lman.19lO-
Jan. 13-Stephen C. Ball, at Sa-l ina, struck by train, crushed, legamputated.
Jan. 15-Daniel R. McDonald. 35years in Alpena, died at age 65.
Jan. l5-Death of l\{ichael Moore,35 years at Orchard Hill.
Jan. 20-Death of Mrs. Wm. Don-nan, Wilson, agerJ 72.
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Jan. 22-Northern planing ,Mil loffice wrecked by fire.
Jan. 22-Blizzard; wind 60 milesan nour.
Jan. 25-Death of Duncan McRae,aged 83 , in A lpena s ince 1g6?.
Jan. 30-Death of Mrs. E. B. Ray_burn, Hubbard Lake, aged ?b.
Jan. 30-Death oi Ri l la C. Whit_ten , A lpena, aged 65 .
F!eb. 1-Deailr of Leonard J.S1' lvester, aged 8b, civi l war veteran.
Feb. ?-XIrs. Martha Dove, 100years old, died f lve days later.
Feb. 8-Death of X.rederick Den-ny Larke, at Rogers City.
Feb. 10-Cold; b below zero.Feb. 11-Store and residence of
Barney Blaska, Long Lake avenue,burned.
Feb. 14-Reynolds Dry Goods Co,organized.
I i 'eb 22-X'arm house of Jeremiabf):: tnod, Ossineke, burned.
I i 'eb. 25-Some cold; 11 below zeroMarch 2-Death of Chas. H. Rev-
no lds , 32 years in jewe l ry bus iness .
^ larch G-Burning of cedar campof Smith & Vroman, at partr idge pi.
Ma,rch 7.-Death of Mrs. TimothyKe l ley o f Wi lson , aged 2g : born inAlpena.
Nlarch 12-Death of Henry White_ley, editor of Mil lersburg News.
March 13-Death of Chas. L. Kim_ball at Oakland, Cal., aged ?1, form-
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er lumberman of Alpena, veteian ofcivil war.
nlarh 10-Ernest Shrader, drown-eC in Wolf Creek.
Marh 26-In Maple Ridge, thefarm house of Geo. Fitzpatr ick burns.
Marh 27-Mrs. Rudolph Wieter-sheim, aged 62, died. Lived in Al-pena 29 years.
Apri l 3.-House and contents ofJul ius Kreuger, Mason street, burn-ed. Family escape in night clothes.
Death of Mrs. Chas. McSorleY.Life Savers to on duty for sea-
son.Apri l 4,-Death of Mrs. John H.
Judson.Apri l 6.-Death of Mrs. Rob. W.
Northrup.John Radford, old resident, drop-
ped dead from heart disease.Apri l 6.-Home of Phi l ip Prieur,
N in th s t ree t , damaged $500 by f i re .Apri l 9.-House on Tutt le street,
occupied by Ansel Coy, with con-tents, ruined by f ire.
Apri l 13.-John Joworski ki l ledat stone quarry.
Apri l 20.- l \ Irs. Chas. McCray,born in Alpena, passed away at ageof . 24 .
Apri l 21.-Mrs. M. E. Sanborn, atOssineke, lost store and contents byfire.
Apri l 26.-Chas. A. Spicer, l ivedin Alpena since. a small boy, diedat Traverse City.
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- Apri l 28.-Jamgs H. plunkett,Civi l war veteran, died at SofAlers;l lome. Rema,ins brought to Alpena.
__May 6._-Death of Mrs. MinnieBloom, aced bB, in Alpena 30 years.
^ May lb.-Mrs. Chas. H. Luce,formerly Miss Sara Steele, aiea aiLansing.
, May 19.-Death ,of Mrs, RichardLegatski, aged 89, l ived al l her l i fein A lpena.
^ $uV 21.-Death of Mrs. CatherineO'Brien, 39 years in .ci ty.
_ _M"y 21.-Auto owned by W. tt .__J_ohn_son collided with trilo rigs onNinth s{reet brldge, inju,rinei.- twopersons.
Death of John H. McCa,llden, aged79, an Alpena resident 26 years.
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= May ' 2 3.-Mrs. El izabeth lVIc_Donald, agied 82, a resident of ci ty39 years , d ied .
_ IUay 28.-Death of Capt. Thos.tr 'erguson, in Alpena 3B y6ars.
May 29.-Civi l and Cuban warveterans attend service at St. Ber_nard 's church . Co. B , M. N. G.v:sit cemetery and decorate gravdsof deceased comrades.
l lay 3O.-Decoration Day. Mem_berg of G. A. R. visi t cemeterieswith proper observance.
- Voting contest of Alpena Newsfor auto ended, v/ i th prize won byMiss Beatr ice Kimball .
June 2.-Death of Robt. J. Bar_rett. 38 years in Alpena.
June 5.-At Detroit , Russel Ran_
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som ki l led his wife and then h'self . Wife former resident of A.l-pena.
June ?.-Death of Joseph Die-mond, aged 82 , o f Wi lson .
June 10.-Wm. Gavagan, formerlyof Alpena, died at Onaway.
June 13.-Motor Car Co. incorp-ora ted .
June 14 . -A lpena Motor Car Co.commenced business at foot of Chish-,olm street.
. June 1g.-Death of Wm. A. Beal,aged 37, nearly al l his l i fe in Al-pena.
June 22.-Mrs. Mary A. Nason,aged 94, ln Alpena 40 years, passedaway,
June 24.-Ossineke. death of Mrs,John Loomis, 3? years in county.
June 30.-In Maple Ridge, Bea-tr ice El lgworth and Delia DeRochedrowned while bathing in Nort:rI l ran ch.
July 4. - gs1s5r.1im at fairgrcunds.
Small f i re in Churchi l l LumberCo. mi l l .
July 6.-No. 3 Engine House shat-tered by l ightning.
Contract let to Northern PlaningMil l Co. for the erection of AlpenaMotor Car Co. plant.
July 7.-After residence in Al-pena 35 years, Albert Bruneau died.
July 14.-Huron Shore SundaySchool picnic at Harrisvi l le.
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July 18.-Fire destroyed barns onPotter farm, Wilson township.
.Iuly l9.-X"arm house of Wm.D. Jones, Long Rapids, destroyed byf-re.
JuIy 21.-Outing at Cheboygan ofHuron Shore Woodmen. .
July 22.-Veteran Corps of AlpenaGuards entertain Civi l and Cuban$ar veterans and others.
Ju iy 2 t t -2 T . -Shor t sh ip races a tlarr grourids.
Ju ly 28 . - -Sun Bro thers ' c i rcus .Aug. 2.-State convention, in Ai-
pena of German Order of Harugari.Aug. 3.-John Atkrnson, aged b?,
for 3r years farmer in Alpena, pass-cd away.
Aug. 4.-Huron Shore I. O. O. F.picnrc at Harrrsvi l le.
Aug. 8.-Geo. L. Maltz, former Al-pela banker, and veteran of Civi lwar, alswered iast roII cal l at St.Uial l l ' lats.
Aug. 10.-Merchants picnic atLorrg Lake.
Aug. 14.-Body of unknown manfound in r iver.
Aug. 1S.--I luron Shore Maccabee.picnrc at Onaway.
A u g . 3 1 . - t s a r n s o f B e n J a m i nRayburn, Ossineke township, burnetl ,with hay, grain and tools.
Sept. 1.-Breaking ground forerection of new D. & M. passengerdepot.
Sept. 2.-F ire wiped out house
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and store of Peter Spragg, Ossinehetownship.
Sept. 8.-Jos. Sylvester electrocut-ed at Huron Cement plant.
Sept. 13-16.-31st annual fair Al-pena county. -
Sept . 18 . -House o f Jos . Szczu-kowski, Maple Ridge wrecked byl ightning.
Sept. 21.-House antl contents ofAmie Dupuis, Tutt le street, alamagedby f i re about $2 ,000.
Sept. 24.-Jacob Levyn, of Alpena,a resident and business man here38 years, struck by auto, in De-trcit , anai died as result, Oct. 8.
Oct. 2.-Fire destroyed - EngineHouse No. 1 .
Oct. 2.-Steamer New York sunk30 miles off Thuncler Bay.
Oct. 3.-Northern Planing Mil lCo. given contract for erection of newD. & M. depot.
0ct. 3.-Death of 'Wm.
Lumsden,of Long Rapicls, a resident of thecounty 42 years.
Oct. 5.-Dogs ki l led 43 of Aug.I(ann.owski's sheep in 2 weeks.
Oct. 6.-In Detroit , r leath of Mrs.David Block, ageal 33, formerly MissFlorence Irwin, born in Alpena.
Oct. 10.-Death of Miss KathleenDunlop, aged 22, born in Alpena,daughter of Dr. J. D. Dunlop.
Oct. 15.-John X'. Eales, aged 51,died in Harper Hospital, Detroit , off irm of Eales Bros.
Oct. 24.-Alpena Auto plantstarts manufacture in new home.
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Oct. 28.-Canton Alpena, Pater-aohs Mil i tant, I . O. O. X'. intsi tuted.
Oct. 29.-Death of Wm. H. Mc-Allan, aged 70, for 33 years a resi-dent of the county-
Nov. 1.-Henry Bartz, 15 yearold, of Hubbard Lake, accidental lyshot himself thr.ougth the foot.
Nov. 3.-Northern Planing Mil lCo. takes contract for the erectionof new engine house in place of No-1, burned.
Nov. 4--Death of Mrs. CharlotteA. Cain, aged 70, o,f Hi lman, wid.owof the late Wm. C. Cain, at one t imephotographer in Alpena.
Nov. ?.-Emil Weinkauff, aged18, of Hubbard Lake, accidental lyshot, badly hurt by "unloaded" gunin hands of brother.
Nov. 12.-Death of Warren Bax-ter, aged 61, about 50 years in Atr-pena.
Noy. 13.-Geo. Coombs. Greentownship young' man, mysteriouslyshot and died as result on 16th.
Nov. 16.-Shooting affray inMontmorency county, in which Davir lEdwards, of Atlanta, was ki l led.
Nov. 18.-Death of Mrs. J. B.Delisle, aged 63, Alpena resident 30years.
Nov. 19.-D. & d. steamer Mack-inac on last tr ip of season.
Nov. 25.-Jul ius Gennrich, Alpenatownship, met death in runaway onWessel road.
Nov. 2?.-Death .of Edward X'ish-
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er, over 40 years a resident of thislocality.
!sg. $.-Il6usg of Mrs. MarkAndrews, 14ttr street, damaged 9200by fire.
Dec. 5.-Barn of X'red J. Barker,Lockwoocl street, partly burned.
Dec. 6.-Boat rhouse of Wm. A-Blackburn and launch of J. D-Mulvena burnet[.
Dec.8.-Life saying stat ions goout of conmission for the season-Navigation closed.
Dec. g.-Span of runaway ponies,owned by Albert Riley, lost.
Dec. 9.-Death of Mrs. JenetteBarr, aged 86, l iveat in Alpena B?years.
Dec. 14.-Sutlden r leath of Jas_H. Tuggy. Wilson farnrer.
Dec. 16.-Hou,se of I I . Gagnon,$cKinley avenue, damaged t400 byfire.
Mrs. C. H. Lawrence passetl awayat Detroit . Mrs. Lawrence wasformerly Mis Francis Cushman, was32 years old. born in Alpena.
Dec. 19.-Alpena populat ion1 2 , 7 0 6 .
Dec. 23.-Woodworking depart-menta of L. T. Kl ine's Industr ialWorks damaged 91,000 by f ire.
Dec. 24.-Edward LaBonte, MapleRidge farmer, ki l led by fal l ing tree.1911-.
Jan. 1.-Mrs. Margaret Smith,aced 68, widow of the late San' l p.
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Smith, resident of Alpena since1 8 6 7 , s u m m o n e d .
Jan. z.-Death of John McMaster,aged 68 , res ident o f c i t y s ince 1871.
Jan. 3.-Death of Mrs. Sarah L.Carter, aged 92, f i rst white womanto sett le in Alpena, and for sometime the only physician here. Cameto A lpena in 1853.
Jan. 12.-Store and tenementbui lding owned by Richart l Prieur,corner 5th and Tawas street, dant-agerl by fire and water.
Jan. 14 . -$3 ,000 Ioss when theJoseph Johnson house, with neariyaI1 the contents, burned.
Jan. zO.-Death of Mrs. HarrietMonkman, aged 66, in Alpena 26years .
Jan.29-30.-Wind 4A miles anhour. windows in I . Cohen stol 'esmasher[.
Jan. 31.-Annual banquet of Con-gregational Brotherhooai.
Feb. 1.-Death of F rank H.Northrup, aged 67, Yeteran of Civi lwar, and once mail carr ier in city;over 40 years in city.
Feb. l .- I larm house of OttoThiem, Wolf Creek sett lement, de-stroyed by fire.
F eb. 2.-Candlemas day; bearsay his shadow.
5-6.-Houling bl izzatd, dri f t ingsnow, wincl 40 miles an hour.
Feb. 8.-Ponies lost bY AlbertRiley, Dec, 9, 1910, found in r ivc'rin Long Rapids. '
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Feb. 13.-Death of Thomas Gib-bons. old resideni.
Feb. 18.-Death of Mrs, Jos.Croteau, aged 73.
Feb. 20.-Dr. Victor X'. Godfrey,aged 54, dentist in AlPena since18 8 4 , d ied .
tr 'eb. 20.-Edward L. Emerson,ageil ??, resident in county 35 Years,passed away.
Feb. 20.--Mrs. Deli lah Milne, -aged
82, Long Rapit ls, 45 Years in county,answers last cal l .
Feb. 22.-Annual banquet Cham-ber of Commerce,
Feb.z3 . -Farm house o f la teWalter Gagnon, Alpena torrnship,burned.
Feb. 24.-Mrs. Maud Turk com-mittecl suicide.
March 1.-Andrew J. Simmons,aged,72, resident of Alpena 32 years,veteran ol Civi l war, respontls to lastroll caIl,
March 3.-Resiclence of James P.'Coutor", Sable street, damaged bY
fire.Ntarch 4.-X'arm house and barn
of Alfrecl Wilds, Maple Ridge, burn-ed .
March 4.-Louis E. Knitle killeclby falling down stairs in brick blocknext to D. & C. dock.
Maich 4.-tr 'arm house of El i iahBalI, Maple Ridge, burned.
March a4.-Death of Mr.s. NancYB o d d y . a g e d 7 6 .
March . 17 . -Mrs , Sarah 'N icho l -
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son, aged 61, widow of laLe JohuNicholson, passed away, 36 years incity.
March 17.-David H. Holrnes for-mer Aipena man, died in Port land,Oreg:on, aged 69.
March 20._Death of Mrs. Edwar,.IMcDona ld , aged 78 , a res ident o f A l -pena 36 years.
March 2o.-After a residence inthis county of 37 years, Mrs. S. W.X' landers, of Green, is summoned.
M^rc}r zz.-Fish tugs make f irsttr ip of season.
March z7.-Death of Mrs. JamesB. CampI re I I , aged 53 ,30 years incity.
A.pri l 3.-Charter elect ion.Apri l 10.-Duff iekl Dongero, aged
89, veteran of Civi l warn musteredout .
Apri l 10.-X' inal summons ofPhil ip P,oir ier, aged 89, in Aipgna24 years.
Apri l 16.-Death of Geo. A. Parkaged 73, father of Chas. T. Park.
Apri l 1?.-Barn owned by Mrs-H. Pasczke, on Minor al ley, burned.
Apri l 21.-D. & C. steamer City ofAlpena arrived on first trip of sea-son.
Apri l 25.-Buelah Lodge Rebek-ahs celebrated 25th anniversary,
Apri l 27.-Death of Mrs. Jul iusBenning, aged 71, came to Alpenai n 1 8 7 0 .
May l"-Rain turning to snow.
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May 4.-After residence of 32years in AlPena, Ambrose Lacross'aged ?7 , d ied .
May ?.-Death of John McMeltran,aged 62, an early sett ler in LongRapids.
May 9.-House owned bY HenrYLeFIure, l-2th street, i tamagetl $600by t ire.
May 10.-X' ire in home of J' Kiel-iszewski, Adams street, damage$ 3 0 0 .
May 14.-Mrs. Ann Meyer, aged58, wit low of late JosePh MeYer'summoned.
May 15.-House ownetl bY OiePeterion, Commercial street, f i redamaged $500. Mrs. McGilvray res-cued from uBPer window.
May 21.-AdolPh Gravi l , age480, a res ident o t c i t y s ince 1866, d iedfrom effects of falt from secondstory wint low, APri l 28'
May 25.-New Engine House No'1, in place of old one destroYed bYf i r e O c t . 2 , 1 9 1 0 , g o e s i n t o c o m -mission.
May 25.-Mrs. Edward Maynari l 'aged 58, in Alpena 33 Years Passedto the ofher shore.
l'Iay 2?.-Tearing uP oltl Pave--ment on Washington aYenue started.
N{ay 2 8.-Veterans 'of Civil andCuban war and Co' D attend serviceat M. E. church.
May 28.-Co. D, M. N. G., decor-ate graves of deceased comrades
May 29.-Farm house of Fred
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Zaske, Hubbard Lake road, burned;l o s s $ 1 , 5 0 0 .
May 29.-Death of Mrs. EdwardD. Rob inson, aged 65 , fo r 45 yearsin AlBena.
May 29.-Mrs. Gustav Koelin, for32 years in Alpena, died at age ,of6 2 .
May' 30.-Veterans of Civil warobserve Memorial Day, decorategraves of deceased comrades, andhold campfire in evening in Armory"presided over by Reiief CorBs.
May 31.-Fal l ing wall at HuronCement plant; death of John Arm-strong; serious injury to Jos. Parksand Edward Sanborn.
June 1.-Horse of Stephen Hart-man, $rith Dfr. and Mrs. Itrartman inbuggy, dashed into r iver. Horsedrowned, Mr. and Mrs. Hartmanrescued.
June 9.-Lightning did funn;zstunt at Moench tannery and homeof Geo. Lough. No ore injured.Small blaze at tannery.
June 10.- l 'arm h.ouse of Fei ixLeCross. trVi lson. burned.
June 11.-I . O. O. F. Memorialdav.
June 12.-Death of AnthonyRibble, Hubbard Lake resident 38years.
June 12.-First meeting of ParkCommission. Off icers elected.
June 15.-Death of John Char-benneau, aged 65, veteran of Civi lwar, resident of Alpena 34 years.
June 16.-Donald McRae sives
t * " . * " - t t ; ; ; ;north, for city park.
Seoond avenue
; M. road open-June 18.-New D. &ed to Calcite.
June 18.-Zebulon M. Knight,veteran of Civi l war and resit lent ofAlpena since 1868, an,swered lastr o l l c a l l ; a g e d 7 3 .
June 19.-Mrs. Jane White, aged' i 5, the f irst white woman to sett leat Long Rapids, passed to the ,othershore.
June 19.--Cement pavement onWater street completed.
June 23.-Albert Gohlke iniurerlin mil l at Sanborn, arm amPutated.
Jul le 28.-Death of Mrs. J. B.tr 'orman, nee Clio White, born in Al-pena.
June 2 8 . -Home o f Ernes t Le-gatski, gutted by f ire entai l ing $3,-000 loss on house and contents.
July 1.-John Vance, of Mil lers-burg, former Alpena resident, dieqin Saginaw hospital.
July 1.-Mrs. Sarah A. Oliver,aged 81, widow of late David D.Oliver, resident of Alpena countYs lnce 1851, d ied .
July 1.-Incendiary f ire in CountYHouse barn.
July 2.-966e warm; 101 in theshade.
July 4.-James R. Dodd coni:mitted suicide.
July 5.-JosePh Kitwicki, MaPleRirlge farmer., killed when his teamran away,
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July 6.-Death of Charles Dove,aged 79, pioneer resident.
July 8.-Distr ict convention oflVlodern Wodmen of America, inAlpena.
July 9.-James D. McKay, age(l36, born in Alpena, died from par-alysis, after suffering trtro years.
July 11.-Great conflagration ofAlpena and AuSable. AuSable wip-ed out- Alpena threatened. Moenchtannery bui ldings in ashes. Dr.Wilkinson farm house burned.Cedar pi les burned. Veneer Worksof Walker Co. suffer; Mil lersburgin f lames; Tower in ru ins .
July 11.-Fires in woods north ofHil lman destroy many farm bui ld-ings , c rops and t imber .
July 12.-School census of ci ty3 , 9 3 6 .
July 13.-Death of John F. Carr,aeed, 72; came to Alpena in early' 6 0 s .
July 2 0.-Annual outing ofKnights of Columbus at WenonaBeach.
July 20.-Contract for bui ldingnew McPhee school, on Lincolnstreet, let to Northern Planing mil lCo.
July 21.-Northern Foundry,head of Mil ler street, destr.oyed byfire. Afterwards rebui l t .. July 26.-Death of Robert Leske,aCed 96, in Long Rapids.
July 28.-Death of Richard M.lVlanning, aged 66, in Alpena 31years, school janitor for 18 years.
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Aug. 2.-!sath John Tait, aged63, a Map le R idge fa rmer fo r 30years,
Aug. 9.-*Co. D, M. N. c., left forState encampment at Port Huron.
Aug. 9.-Merchants annual picnicat Long Lake.
Aug. 9.-Contract for erection ofAlpena's Federal bui lding awardedto James Course, of Racine, Wis.
Aug. 11.-Mrs. Alex Morris, aged72, resident of Alpena township 40years, passed away.
Aug. 15 . - Grange p icn lc , LongRapids.
Aug. 16 . -Miss Lena Oswold , 16years old, ki i lecl by l ightning, nearHil lman.
Aug. 16.-Huron Shors Odd Fel-Iows hold annual picnic at Hi l lman.
Aug. 1?.-Death of Matt ix Nor-kovrski, aged 64, in Alpena 35 years.
Aug. 17.-Edwaf:d Sepull , aged66, forner resident of Alpena, dieclin Detroit .
Aug. 17.-Lazarie Sylvester, aged70, in Alpena 30 years ,cal led to hisr'e\ryard.
Aug. 17.-Schooner El iza Da,ycapsized off Scare Crow Island.
AuS. 18.-Co. D returned from'state encampment.
AuS. 22.-Vacant house owned byArthur Wrinkle, near Motor carplant, wrecked by f ire.
Aug. 2 5.-Postal savings bankestabl ished in Alpena.
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AuS. 25.-D. & M. engine and Al-pena Motor Car Co. test ing col l idenear Taber tannery.
Aug. 25 . -Death o f Geo. Woods,aCeat 40, born in Alpena.
Aug. 30.*Alpena postal bankopened for business,
Aus. 3O.-Dr. G. W. Witson, aged61, veterinary surgeon, 41 years inAlpena, summoned by death.
Sept. 3.-Death of Mrs. Chas.Schultz, aged, 42, resident of city25 years.
Sept. 3.-Fred. Schv/artz, aged66, summoned by death, after 27years residence in Alpena.
Sept. 4.-Perry S, Blackwell , aged71, who came to Aipena after lhebig f ire at Oscoda, taken by death.
Sept.-Death of Jos. Garrarii.aged 65 , 33 years in A lpena.
Sept. 8.-During electr ical storm.f ire destroyed barns, sheds, grain,etc. of Wm. Diemond Wilson.
S e p t . l 0 . - J o h n , 8 y e a r o l d s o nof John Sylvester, drowned in pondnear Alpena Excelsior mil l .
Sept. 11.-Work commenced onerection of X'ederal bui lding.
Sept . 11-12 . -S i l ver ann iversaryof Alpena Baptist Associat ion.
Sept. 14.-Fire damaged EalesBros . sh ing le mi l l eng ine room$ 1 . 0 0 0 .
Sept. 16.-Team of Arthur St.Charles, ,of Hubbard Lake, ran away,i r ju r ing severa l peop le .
Sept. 19.-John Rensberry, for 41
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years a resident of this county, cele-brated his 80th birthatay anniver-sary.
Sept. 20,-Annual Inspirat ion ban-quet at Presbyterian church.
Sept. 2O.-Death of Wm. R. Die-mond, aged 60, long a resident ofAlpena township.
Oct. 3-6.-Alpena county fair.Oct. 4-9.-Odd Fellows celebrate
4Oth anniversary of ,organization off irst lodge of the order in AlPena.
Oct. 5.-Death of Andrew Ealison.aged 67, in Alpena 37 years.
Oct. 9.-Sudden death of BernardWolff , near Seven Mile Dam.
Oct. 9.-Thos. Breen, 40 Years inAlpena, died in Cali fornia from in-Juries received between cars in Al-pena last January.
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Oct. 14.-Adolph Lafrenier. 7Ayears o ld , res ident o f A lpena 49years, claimed by death.
Oct . 18 . -Scow owned by R i ley& Monkman, Ioaded with sand.turned over in r iver.
Oct. 21.-Body of Dominic popl irr-ski, who disappeared on 6th. foundfloating in the bay; death a mystery.
Oct. z4._Death of Duncan C.Mclntosh, aged 69, a resident of thecity 40 years.
Oct. 26.-Adam Kufle ki l led hisbrother, Isadore, in Krakow, pres-qu6 Ts le Co.
O c t . 3 O . - D e a t h o f M r s . H e n r yGerke , aged 78 , fo r 28 years a res i_dent o f Wi lson .
Oct. 3O.-Adolph H. Schroder.member o f Thunder Bay Is land l i fesaving crew, drowned.
Nov. 4.-Harrisvi l le visi ted byd isas t rous f i re .
Nov. 10.-Holmes & Reynoldsbuilding, on Washington avenue, oc_cupied by Alpepa Laundry Co.,.wrecked by f ire.
Noy. 11.-Andrex' Wil lowski.Iqlmer l iving 4 miles from posen,killeil by falling tree.
Nov. 11.-Death of Frank B.Johnston, agecl 34, b.orn in Alpena.
Nov. 11-12.-Gale of wind 40miles an hour swept the country.
Nov. 14.-Jas. A. Brown, 4 yearsold, of Long Rapids, feu in tr i f otnot water, died next day from scald_ing .
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Nov. 17.-Big storm; barge W. A.Young lost; Wate Larson of bargeRedfern drowned.
Nov. 1g.-Robt. Craig shot him-self accidental ly while hunting; diednext day,
Nov. 22. D. & C. steamer Cityof Mackinac went south on last tr ipof season.
Nov. 23.-Death of Sterner Lar-son, aged 69, l ived in Alpena 30years.
Nov. 26.-Death of Mrs. AugustaWeine, aged 86, mother of Registerof Deeds Paul Weine.
Dec. 1.-Death of Mrs. AlphonsoDelodge, l ived in Alpena al l her l i fe.
I lec. 3.-First skating of the win-ter on the r iver.
fsg. $.-M1s. Rose Hildebrandt,aged 72, passed away.
Dec. 14-Alpena Medical Societyheld banquet at Alpena House. Off icers elected.
Dec. 15.-New D. & M.'passengerdepot in Alpena formally openedantl rousing banquet held.
Dec.. 1?.-Life saving crews outof commission for season.
Dec. 18.-Finst passenger train,over D. & M. road to reach RogersCity.,
Dec. 23.-Members of AlpenaFire Department enjoy annual ban-quet.
Dec. 24--Wm. Crawford, formany years farmer in Wilson town-ship, passed away.
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Dec. 25.-After a residence of 33years in Alpena, Luc Brunette, aged83, passed away.
Dec. 25.-Death of Mrs. John A.Widner, aged 61; had l ived in Al-pena 30 years.
Dec. 25.-Mrs. Oti l l ie Selonke, 75years old, an old resident of thecity. eal led by death.
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struck by train, near Ninth street,and ki l led.
Jan. 4-Death at Traverse City in-f irmary of Chas. C. Cushman, agetl41 , born in A lpena.
Ja1. {-Bsgles h.old annual ban-quet .
Jan. 4-Xriremen of No. 3 enginehouse celebrat second anniversary ofcompletion of new engine house.
Jan. 5*Death. of Linwood D.Leavitt , aged 39, resident of Alpeni33 years .
Jan. 6-House owned by LouisGereau, on Lockwood street, dam-aged by fire.
Jan. 7-Trinity church parishhouse suffered $2,000 f lre damage.
Js1. $-fgath of Henry S. Freese,aged 74, Maple Ridge farmer andcivi l war veteran.
Ja1. l !- fsath of Mrs. Persbns,wife of Capt. John D. Persons ofThunder Bay l i fe saving stat ion,while on a visi t to Port Huron.
Jan. 12-Entertainment by Co.D. M. N. G.
Jan. 1?-House of Erie Olson.
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and part of contents, Alpena town-ship, destroyed by fire.
Jan. 1?-Home of Mrs. DavidHolmes, State street, damaged 9400by f lre.
Jan. 18-Wm. Eagle, aged gS,ki l led by log rol l ing on him at lum-ber camp in Spratt sett lement.
Ja\. zz-Marshall N. Bedford, forover 45 years a resident of the city,and a prominent business man, pacs-ed away, after several years' suffer-ing ; aged 67 .
Jan. 25-Men and Religion ban-quet at Congregational church.
X'eb. 1-J. D. DesChamps, aged 41,hardware merchant, dierl .
Feb. 2-Fire wrecked meat mar-ket of E. C. Kadau, Fourth street.
I'eb. 2-Death of Chas- A. Nitz.for 42 years a resident of the city.
Feb. 4-Death at llillman of Jas.I{. Hunt, aged 79; came to Alpena in1862; move i l to H i l lman in 1883.
Feb. ?-Death of John Kunath,aged 56, for 40 years a resident ofAlpena.
freb. 7-Fire at Hillman destroyedresidence, with contents, occupied byMike Duby and family.
X'eb. g-Tweive degrees belowzeto.
Feb. 9-Celebration of bri thdayanniversary of Rev. Dean tr'lannery,66 years o f age, and fo r 28 years incharge of St. Bernard's parish.
l 'eb. 10-I{arry Harris, aged 88,
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a lumber worker in this section for30 years, passed away.
F 'eb . 10-23 deg. be low zero .Feb- 16-Thos. Dixon, 20 years a
resident of Aipena, died of apoplexy.Feb. 1?-Team of horses owned
by Richard Coll ins drowned in r iver-Feb. 1g_Rev. W. y-,/ . Rafter,
former rector of Alpena trinitychurch , d ied a t Dunk i rk , N . Y .
Feb. 1g-Home of Levi ViI Ien-auve, corner Sable and Eleventhstreets, gutted by f ire.
Feb. 2O-Chas. McKenzie, l ivery-man, died from Bright 's disease.
Feb. 20-Wm. Wood-rowe, of Al-pena, ki l led near Mil lersburg by be-ing dragged behind a sleigh he wasdriving.
Feb. 21-Most flerce blizzard. ofthe winter swept the entire state,Ias l ing two days .
t r 'eb .21-Death o f Mrs . Thos .Robb, pioneer resident .of HubbardLake.
Feb. 2 3-At F reeport, Long Is-Iand, death of Herbert C. Rice, aged36, born in A1pena, son of Jas. M.Rice-
X'eb. 23-X'ifth annual banquet ofCongregational Brotherhood.
X"eb.23-Death o f Mrs . JohnKing, aged 60, pioneer of Wilson.
Feb. 26-Blizzard; wind 38 milesan hour.
Feb. 2?-Corne l ius Ke l ley , fo r 30years a resident of this section, diedat the a,ge of 67 years.
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I 'eb. 29-Barn on Lake street.owned by Chas. Gabrick, burned.
Feb. 29-Death of Mrs. Rachael C.Kinney, aged g0 years.
March 1-Death of phi l ip McCol-lough, aged 54, in Alpena since 'Tg.
March z-Mrs. Maranda Emerson.w idow o f the la te E . L . Emerson,passed away after 40 years resideneein Alpena county.
March 6.-Primary elect ion.March 8-John Barker, aged. TB,
constable in Sixth ward, Alpenaresident 46 years, summoned bydeath.
March S-Wm. E. Rogers, over 30years in Alpena, died in Phi ladelphiahospital; remains brought here.
March g-Iitarm house and oon-tents of Alex McDowell , Green twp.,burned.
March g-sudden death of Mrs.Stephen Spli t t , aged 72, for 40 yearsa resident of the county.
March 11-Mrs. Anna McGuire.aged 65, a resident of Alpena ovei30 years , d ied .
March 1z-Napoleon Dagenais" Iaged 80 , Wi lson fa rmer , d ied .
March 14 'Death of Mrs. W. H.John,son, 60, prominent in Alpenaover 40 years.
March 14-15-I leavy sno.w insouthern part ot the state, and rai l-roads blockaded.
March 15-Fire wrecked home andfurniture of Henry E. Aris. X.air ave.
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March l8-Sleighing: ends; wa-SOnS rn lrse.
Nlarch 18-Mrs. Robt. H. Brabant,40 years a resident of ci ty, dies afteryears of suffering, aged 60.
March 19-Large and small barnsand shed, with 60 tons of hay, onthe Potter Riversit le farm, burned. -
Mardn 22.-Fire at Long RaPidsburned store, goods, barn, sheds ofHiram Marston, and blacksmith shoPof Archie McCaIIum.
March 22-Death of Mrs. Jas.M. Reed; I ived in AlPena al l herl i fe:
March z4-Herman II. Wittel-shofer, who came to AlPena i t l1869, and a res ident to 1910, r l ie t tin Detroit , aged 64.
March 25-Thos. J Stephens,aged 66, Yeteran of civi l war, I i fe-Iong sai lor, 45 years Alpena resident,d ied .
March 26-2S-Weather f ine, snownearly gone. 29-Cold, freezing.
March 27-X' irst annual banquetof Methodist Brotherhood.
]\ Iarch 2 8- Death of Gunson Re?aged 68 , p ioneer o f H i l lman.
March 2g-Senior' Class Highschool banquet at Alpena House.
Apri l 1.-Annual elect ion of ci tYoff icers.
April l.-Death of X'rank Duncan,aged 32, born and I ived in AlPena.
Apri l 5.-Barn of Frank Lal ' lure,Sanborn, with contents, burned;
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team colts, several cows, 10 toushay, farm implements loss.
Apri l S.-House on fruit farm cttr'red N. Potter and W. T. Sleator"Wilson, burned. Farm was occul)-ied by Mr. and Mrs. Neil Brown, wirolost their househokl effects.
April ?.-Alto smashes buggy at-night at corrrer ,of Washington aven-ue and SixLh street.
Apri l 9.-Laying of corner stonefor Federal bui lding, by off ieers of-I Iasonic order.
Apri l 9.-R. R. wreck on D. & M",at Tobico. Frank lVIcRae and JohnMcGarry, of Alpena, injured.
Apri l 15.-Steamers Wyandotteantl Alpena arr ive to load withcrushed stone and cement"
Apri l 16.-Life saying Etationsgo into commission for season of7912-
Apri l 18.-Rain and snow in fore-noon. Snow afternoon.
Apri l 18.-Sudden death of Ken-neth K. McDonald, aged. 47, for 37years a resident of Alpena.
, Ap.r i l 23.- Derrl h of Mrs. Wel-he lmina Genr ich , aged 87 , res idento f A lpena townsh ip 23 years .
Apri l 24.-Death of Miss Grace S.Jermin, aged 19, born in Alpena.
Apri l 24.-Death of Peter Grah-am, ageal 6S, over 30 years a resi-dent of Long Rapids.
Apri l 28.-200 Odd X'el lows of Al-pena attend services at Presbyterianchurch .
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April 29.-Fire destr.oyed statiotr'hcuse at D. & M. junction, nearTaber tannery.
Apri l 29.-Death of Mfs. JohnAnderson, Alpena township, for 35years a resident.
Apri l 30.-Steamer City of Al-pena, of D. & C. line arrivecl on firsttr ip of the season.
NIay 2.-John Murry, a'ged 70,ki l led by cars at Huron Port landCement plant.
May 5.-Death of Mrs. Marsel ineLalonde, aged 69, who had l ivedin Alpena 43 years.
May 7.-P"rth of Arthur G. Hop-per, aged 49, born in Alpena, andl i ved here a l l h is l i fe .
May 13.-Rain which commencedat noon on the 11th turneal to snowthis morning. Temperature at 7. a.m . 3 3 .
May 21.-In Detroit , death tfMrs. Thos. C. Lester, a resident ofAlpena for nearly 40 years, up toa year ago.
May 21.-Death of August Kun-ath, resident of Alpena 38 years.
May 23.-Barn of Thos. Schem-anski, on Long Lake road, Alpenatownship, struck by l ightning andburned, lr/ith contents.
May 25.-Death of Mrs. FrankDashau, aged 50, l ived in Alpena 33years.
May 26.-Civi l war and SpanishAmerican veterans attend divineservices at Baptist church.
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il,nay 21 .-Body of Charles Mack-ie, r i 'ho disappeared MaY 11, foundirl tho bay.
May 29.-Resialence of Frank S.Dishau, 510 Tawas street, wreckedLy f ire, with nearly al l the contentsl
May 30.-Memorial Day. .ProPerobservance by G. A. R. and Woman'sRelief Corps.
May 31.-Mrs. El izabeth Boilore'a,ged 84, for 30 Years a resit lent ofthe county, ans-wereal the Iast sum-1UOnS.
,Juns 1.-Death of Mrs. Anna Rem-bowski, aged 84, a resident of Alpenaover 20 years.
June 5.-Mrs. l lyra F. Worthing-ton, agecl 22, born and l ived in AI-pena al l her 1ife, passed to the otherworId.
June 9.-Odtl X'ellows anrl Reb-ekahs observe decoration day, anclproceed to the cemetery, where t lpusua l serv ices are he ld . t
June 12.-Death of Mrs. Mary J., \ I ien, aged 60, of Spratt, an Aipenaresident over 40 years.
Juns 14.-Fire wreeked home ofJos. Shotzke, on Mil l street.
June 15.-Death of Mrs. LymanL. Van Natter, aged 41, born in Al-pena, where she l ived nearlY al l herl i fe.
June 15.-Death of RudoIPh Sch-meider, ageal 63, l ived in AlPena 40years.
June 16.-Steamer Mackinac ar-r ived on f irst tr ip of the season.
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16.-Death at Richmond,of Wm. H. Post, aged 72, aresident of Alpena, and foryears city treasurer.
19.-Gustare Koerlin com-.Isuicide in Evergreen ceme-
2 0.-Death of Michaelproprietor of the Union Ho-
June 23.-Residence of SteveNowak, Long Lake avenue, t lestroy-ed by f i re . Loss $2 ,100.
June 25.- 'Warren St. Johng aged80, a veteran of the Civi l war, an-swered the last rol l cal l . .
June 25-2 6.-Memorial serYicesand rededication of Congregationatchurch.
June 28.-Fl ire in Holmes & Rey-no lds b lock . I "oss $19,000. LoosersW. E. Wil l iams, Holmes & Reynofs,Reynolds Dry Goods Co., J. W. Gdv-agan, Xr. A. Mainville, Jos. Cavanagh,J. L. McDonald.
July 1.-Light frost in somg partsof the county.
July l.-F*orest fires. EdwardMeD.onald, Ossineke, Iost barn andoutbui ldings. W'elcome showers ona i
July 4.-Celebration.July 5.-Death at Hubbard Lake,
of Simeon Noble, veteran of the Civi lwar; resident of Alpena county 25years.
July T.-Heavy thunder storm.Lightning struck power house at
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dam, doing $2,000 damage. Farmhouse of Wm. Morris, Alpena town-ship, struck and burned.
July 9.-Dsa.t ir of Mrs. John Nu-gert, ageal 74, had l ived in AlPenp.38 years .
JuIy 21.-Residence of T. W.Stuart, Tutt le street, wrecked bYfire.
July 24.-Wm. J. Hoey, aged 72,veteran of Civi l war, answered last.rol l cal l , after residence of 46 yearsin Alpena.
July 29.-Death of Wil l iam Mul-vena, aged 57, of Wilson, farmer,and ex-sherif f of county. Came tcA l p e n a i n 1 8 ? 0 .
Ju ly 31 . -Sun Bros . c i rcus .Thunder showers on 3d, 4th, 5th,
6 th , ? th , 8 th , g th , 10 th , 13 th .Aug. 2.-Accidental shooting of
Ar thur B ishop by De lber t H ic lV , a tfa rm o f Jas . Wade, A lpena Iown-ship.
Aug. 3.-Death of Mrs. EdwardErickson, aged 62, a resident of Al-pena 31 years .
Aug. lO.-Death of Mrs. Cather-ine Kapczynski, aged 113, and 11years an Alpena resident.
Aug. lo.-McPhee school house.W. A. Prince residence, cow olvnedby Jul ius Krueger and one owned bycounty, struck by l ightning and ki l l -et l . Damage to bui ldings moderate.
AuS. 11.-Joseph Reinke, aged73, market gardner, 30 years in Al-pena, cal led to his last reward.
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- Aug. 14 . -Co. D, M. N. G. , Ie t ' tlo r_ s ta te encampment a t Lud ing t .on ,, r n d r e t u r n e d o n 2 3 d .
Aug. Z2.-Huron Shore Odd Fel_lows picnic at Onaway.
Aug. 24.-Frank Dishau home,Tawas street, struck by l lghtning.
Aug. 28.-Death of Mrs. Wm.Gallop, aged, 72, in Alpena county 20years,
Aug. 29.-Work commenced inf lpena on construction of the BoyneCity. Gaylord and Alpena rai lroacl.
Sept. 2.-Farm barn of Alex ' I .R.ensberry, Wilson, struck by light_ning and burned, with contents.
Sept. 4.-Business men of Chis-holm street celebrate event of com_pletion of cement pavement on thatstreet to Eleventh street.
Sept. 11-16.-Methoalist confer-ence.
Sept. 17-19.-Alpena county fair.Sept. 18.-Death of Mrs. Kather_
ine Wi lemsk i , aged g0 . about 40years a resident of the county.
Sept. 2l.-House and contents oftr ' red Stoddard, Charlotte street,r lamaged 9900 by f i re .
Sept. 28.-John Tomczack, agccl84, pioneer of Alpena township, sum-moned by death .
Oct. 1.-Death of A. N. Estes, aged59; l iverl in Alpena 30 years.
Oct. 4.-Mrs. Sarah McClel lan.aged 76 , a c i ty res ident B0 years ,summoned to the hereafter.
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Oct. 4.-Death of Chas. Cuenthdr,aged 61, Alpena resident 38 years.
Oct. 6.-Mrs. Andrina Otterson, ofLeer, aged 93, resident of the county39 years, cal led by death.
Oct. 8.-Walter M. Seymour, aged68, f irst rai lroad express agent toarr ive in Alpena ,on the D. & M.road, cal led to his last reward.
Oct. g.-Death of Daniel Beaton,aged 52, for 22 years a city resident,at one t ime alderman of X' i f th ward,ki l led by accident, in mil l at Shel-drake, Mich.
Oct. g.-Death of Jas. Biske, aged34, city resir lent 29 years.
Oct. 13.-After a residence of 29years in Alpena. Mrs. Ann Gezequel,aged 82. claimed by death.
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Oct. 22.-Snour f lurr ies at T. B.Island and ground snow-cover-ed at Bay City.
Oct. 25.-Jos. Martel l , for nearly50 years a resident of Alpena. diedat the age o f 82 .
Oct. 29.-Death of Mark Diemond.subs t i tu ts ru ra l ma i l car r ie r , resu l to f co l l i s ion o f h is motor cyc le andauto of W. A. Comstock, on Oct. 26.
Oct. 2 9.-Thos. Snowden. Sr..aged 70, ki l led at LaRoque, by beingcaught in revolving shaft at pumpinistat ion of D. & M. rai lroad.
Oct. 3O.-John J. Foley, aged S?.superintendent of Fletch.er papermil l , 13 years in Alpena, claimedby death .
Oct. 31.-Halloween, three f irealarms, one small blaze.
Nov. 1.-Passing away of pat-lck Fitzgerald, aged 87, LongRapids farmer and county resident39 years .
Nov. 1.-X.irst snow f lurr ies ofthe season, melted. Snow at Che-boygan, Saginaw, Lansing and otherlocal i t ies.
I\{6y. N.-lltere snow flurries. af-te rnoon and even ing .
Norr. 5.-National and state elec-ti.on.
Nov. 5.-At Detroit , death of Mel-vi l le D'Aigle, ageal 26. born in Al-pena.
No]I. 8.-Bocly of C. Daley, lateemploye of Alpena Motor Car Co.,found on D. & M. rai lroad track nearOss ineke.
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Nov. 8.-Death of Mrs. John NIc-Cosh, aged 69 , fo r 32 years a c i tyre: ident; wife of Civi l rvar veteran.
Nov. 10.-John Jackson, aged 75,Hubbard Lake farmer 20 years, diedof in ju r ies rece ived in June, 1911.
Nov. 10.-Hunting season; GuyM.orrison shot in r ight arm by straybullet, at Beaver Lake.
Nov. 1 3.-Blizzard,, snow and rain ;50 mile wind. Life stat ion on Thun-der Bay Island damaged; steamerCity of Mackinac 13 hours Iate fromiheboygan.
Nov. 14.-Storm abating; seveninches of snow; sleighs and snow-plows on duty; steamer Kenoraaground in Thunder Bay; steamerAlpena for t ime lost in storm, theusi,3hted land.
Nov. 14.-A. Coates, roadmasterof B. C. G. & A. rai lroad, ki l led nearGaylord, by being crushed betweencars.
Nov. 15.-Death of John A. Mc-D.ougall , aged 85, resident of Alperras i n c e 1 8 6 5 .
Nov. 15 . -Chas. Cobo, o i le r onsteamer Wyandotte, committed sui-cide by jumping overboard.
Nov. l5.-Temperature 17 belowfreezing.
Nov. 1?.-Loyd Hennessy whilehunting, wounded in r ight hand byaccidental discharge of gun.
Nov. 17.-John Irwin, of Onaway,shot in r ight hip by Wm. Wilson,while hunting. Accident. Irwind ied Nov. 20 .
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Nov. 17-25.-Home Mission workin Baptist and CongregafTonalchurches.
Nov. 18.-Widdis tr 'efer mil l atTawas wrecked by boi ler explosion.Albert Nash and Merle Henry torn tofragments. Two others injured.. . Nov. l8.-After residence of 4byears in Alpena, John Blaney, age<l6 9 , e a l l e d b y d e a t h .
Nov. 19 . -Weather f ine ; snowgone; sleighs and wagons both jnuse.
N o v . 2 0 . - C h a s . A . J e y t e , 4 Eyears in Alpena, once Justice of thePeace, died at the county poorhouse; aced 6? .
Nov. 20.-Frei:ght lrain wreckedat Tawas.
Nov. 23.-Rain, turning to snowon 24th, with northeast gale.
Nov. 24.-Steamer Mackinac wentsouth on last tr ip of season.
Nov. 28.-Thanksgiving; ? a. m.I 0 above zero.
Noy. 28.-Wm. Thiem, aged, 77,after residence of over B0 years onthe same farm in Wolf Creek sett le_ment, cal led by death.
Nov. 28.-Death of Mrs. MaryWolkowska, o f Posen, ased 108.
Noy. 30.-Dr. Andrew J. Bowman.aged 76 , a res ident o f A lpcna s ince1 8 8 4 , c l a i m e d b y d e a r h -
Psg. J.-Jtal l rveather, farmerssti l l plowing land.
Dec. 3.-Henry E. p,owell, aged40, Alpena resident al l his t i fe. dG.l.
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D e c . 6 . - J o h n V e n e s k i , d g e d ? 0 ,Alpena cit izen 35 years, died. sud-denly of heart disease.
Dec. 8.-Nine degrees abovs zero.Dec. s.-James' M. Rice, aged 74,
Civi l war veteran, and 45 years anAlpena cit izen, answered the lastrolt cal l .
Dec. 10.-Death of Geo. E. Mas-ters, aged 36, born in Alpena, wherehe spent h is who le l i fe .
Dec. 12.-Seven degrees abovezeto.
Dec. 13.-Death at Memphis,Tenn., of Hon. Frank W. Gilchrist,ex-mayor.of Alpena, and for 45 yearsone of the city 's leading businessmen; owner of the Gilchrist lumberm i l l s i n c e 1 8 6 7 .
Dec, 14.-Robt. McHarg, aged61, res ident o f A lpena county 35years, Alpena merchant 25 years,cal led by death.
Dec. 16.-Close of navigation for1912.
Dec. l?.-Snow and rain. Wind36 mi les an hour .
Dec. 18 . -House owned by Robt .Montrose, Sable street, gutted byfire, occupied by Wm, Mainvi l le;fu rn i tu re damaged $700.
Dec. 19.-Moses Charbenau, aged75, Civi l war veteran, Alpena resi-dent 40 years, died in Detroit . Re-mains brought to Alpena ior burial.
Dec .20 . -L i fe say ing s ta t ionsclose season's work.
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Dec. 20-21.-Sn.ow; f irst reals le igh ing o f the season.
Dec. 22.-Sudden deaths in oreday-John N. Kel ley aged 72, veter-an of Civi l war, 45 years a residentand business man of ci ty, droppeddead. Mrs . W. T . Hoey, aged 36 ,born in Alpena, died suddenly.Cleophas Beauchamps, 32 yearsIndian Reserve farmer. died sud-denly.
Dec.24 . -Death o f Mrs . PeterConnell , aged 29, born and alwaysIived in Alpena.
Dec. 26.-Wm. H. Dignan, aged69, Chisholm street lgrocer, droppeddead from heart disease.
Dec. 2?.-Early morning snovr;s le igh ing l igh t .
Dec. 29.-Mrs. Mary Garri ty, aged80, and for 5l- years a resident ofPresque Isle, taken by death.
D e c . 3 1 . - s u d d e n d e a t h o f M r s .Wm. McAlpine, aged 56, a residento f A lpena 30 years .
Dec. 3 l . -Year l9 l2 c losed w i thf ine weather, bright sun al l day;temperature at noon 8 degrees abovefreezing.
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aged 76, died; hatl l ived in Alpena42 years.
Jan. 6.-First sleighing of thewinter.
Jan. ?.-Alpena pioneer, Mart inWoelk, aged 77, resident since 1876,died.
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In Detroit, death of David Rod-uran, former business man of Alpena.
Jan. 13.-Stephen Bean, aged 65,an Alpena cit izen 40 years, died inDetroit h.ospital.
Jan- 16.-Ilain at night, sleigh-ing ruined.
Jan. 18.-Death of Oliver l\[cClin-tock, aged 74, over 40 years in Ai-pena.
Jan. 22.-Wm. C. Simmons, aged62, died, Alpena resident 25 years,
Jan. 23.-snowlsleighing.Jan.28.-Xrir.e in Sinclair Dry
Goods store.Feb. 4.-At Bay Ciry, death Of
f, Ion. Worthy L. Churchi l l , aged 73,former lumberman and at one t imemaycr of Alpena.
Feb. 13.-Residence of Wm. Oles.Commercial street, gutted by f ire.
Feb. 15.-Snow bl izzard aII day.George Townsend, aged 18, acci-
dental ly ki l led in Fletcher papermi l I .
l'eb. 18.-Death of Archie Mc-Lean, aged 39, ci ty resident 30 years"and seven years truant off icer onpolice torce.
F'eb. 2l-22.-X'ierce snow ltlizzard.,drifts six feet high. Entire state inlil.orst storm of the winter.
March 6.-Death of John E. San-born , aged 63 , fo r 40 years a res i -dent of Ossineke.
Death at Birmingha.n, 'of NobleM. Braekinreed, aged 74, yeteran ofCivi l war, and teacher in distr icr
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March ?.-Death of Daivd Mui-vena, aged 57, resident of Alpenasince 1868, and former lurnberman-
Death of James Coll ins, aged 67,mason, 40 years in Alpena,
March g.-Joseph Bryan, aged 80,resident 38 years, 30 years post-master at Orcharrf HilI, called bydeath.
March 14.-At ' night, thunder,I ightning, hai l , rain, sleigbing gone-
March 19.-Death of Mrs. Augus-tus Johnrowe, aged 76, resident ofA l p e n a s i n c e . 1 8 6 5 .
Peter King, Wilson fownship farrn-er, died on his faim where he wasborn 53 years ago.
March 21 . -Morn ing ra in , snorva.nd sleet afternoon, ltlizzar&, Wind50 miles an hour-
March 23.--Hon. Daniel A. Camp-be l l , born in Aug. 1846, 16 yearsJudge o f Probate to Dec- 31 , 191?,after years of l ingering disease,d ied . Came to A lpena in 1867.
March 23.-Death at Fresque Isle,of John Kauffnan, agpd ?$, yeteranof Civi l \dar, postmaster at PresqueIsle 15 years, and supervisor 30years.
'March 21-25.-Disastrous stormsswept the country, mil l ions of dol-lars damage done and thousands ofl ives lost. Rai lroads in south andwest out of commision. Alp.ena suf-fered only sl ightly.
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March 3 0.-Navigation open.Arrival of steamer Hazard. andbarge Knapp. Linc'oln fish tugsmake f i rs t t r ip .
April 5.-Rain anil snow.Apri-I 11.-Death of Mrs. Mary
Goll ing, aged 54, for 38 years in Al-pena.
April 13.-Postolfice moved ataew Federal bui lcl ing.
April 2o.-Death of John Nutent,aged 74 , in A lpena 43 years .
Apri l 22.-Boart l ing house atTurnbull lancl ing on Lake Huronshort opposite Middle island, burned.
April 25.-X"rank Maze killecl atTluron Cement plaqt by being crustr-ed between cars.
Chamtrer of Oommer(e banquetin Congregat iona l church par lo rs .
Apri l 27.-Otld Fel lows attendservices at Baptist church, in com-memoration of the 94th aniliyersaryof the inst i tut ion of the order in the'Uniteal
States.April 23.*Steamer City of Mack-
inac arrives on first trip of the sea-80n.
May 4'-Death of Flugh R. Gor-don, aged 73, resi i lent oi Alpenas ince 1859.
May 5.-X'ire tlestroyett Northern? ian ing mi l l . Loss $15,000.
X'orest lires in county rlampeneilby rain.
May ?.-Death of George Stubbs,aceal 79, came to . Alpena 43 yearsago.
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May 12.-Snow f lakes near mii l-night.
May l-4.-Death of Mrs. MichaelBoutin, aged 80, Alpena resident 35.years.
May 15.-Death of Rev. Freder-ick N. Barlow, aged 91, ret ired Balr-t ist minister and veteran of CiviIwar, who had l ived in Alpena since1 8 6 6 .
May 18.-Mrs. Catherine Briner,aged 73, who had l ived in Alpena.33 years, passed away-.
May 25.-Veterans of Civi l andCuban vrars and members of Wo-man's Relief Corps attend servicesat Presbyterian churctr.
May 30.-Memorial Day, "businesssuspended. Civi l war veterans de-corated graYes of departed com-rades.
June l.-Alpena Guard,s march tocemetery and decorate graves of de-parted. members.
June 8.-Odd X'el lows' Memorial"Day. M.embers proceeded to ceme-tery and decorated graves .of d.epart-ad brothers and sisters.
June 9.-Road Bee Day, when 250miles of highway was bui l t .
June 10.-Death of Mrs. JohnBingham, aged 63, resident of Al-pena 43 years .
June lz.-After residence of 42years in Alpena, Mrs. Jul ia A. Mc-Donald is cal led by death.
June 1S. -s teamer C i ty o f A lpenaarrived on f irst l r ip of the season.
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June l?.-Death of Mrs. RachaelBuker, aged 75, a resit lent of Alpenas i n c e 1 8 6 6 .
Juns !9.-dt Bar"t le Creek, deaihof Mrs. Susan Scott, agecl 6g, a res!der ) t o f A lpena 4? years .
June 19.--Mr. and Mrs. Thos. L.Tlelknap celebrate 4Oth anniversaryof marriage.
June z1.-German Aid Societyeelebrate 43cl anniversary at GermanHall .
June 25.-Lightning struct the-boat house at l i fe saving stat ion
on Miildle Islantl, cloiag some dam-
June 26,.-Severe storm passeilover this section of fhe country,level ing larm buikl ings in somelocal i t ies, antl aloing damage amount-ing to more than $10,000.
Boily of Wm. Lee, missing f,orthree days, founil at mouth of Thun-der Bay river.
July 12.-Death of Mrs. Mary Dix-on, agecl 79, for nearly b0 years aresitlent of Alpena.
July 15.-The hydroplane of Hav-€ns anal Yerplank, enroute fromChicago to Detroit, arrivecl at Al-pena. '
July 19.-Richardson Lumber Co.Burchase the Loual-Hoeft sawmillat Rogers City.
- July Z3.-George Anthony, aged49, diet l from injuries received inthe tr'Ietcher paper mill the alay prey-10us.
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JuIy 24--Alpena Guards start forstrike zone in coPPer country' uP-per pen insu la r .
July 31.-Members of Cocgrega-tional church present Rev. I. \V*Stuart with automobile.
Aug. 6.-Fletcher Paper Co. erect-ingl power Iine from the fbur-mile,dam, fbr electrie power.
C,obble stone piers to be erected at.the, DIcRa.€r park, Second arenue,north.
Rockport, 12 miles north of Al-pena, on Lake Huron, is name oftown springing into existence by theGreat Lakes Stone & Lime Co., fort lUarrying stone.
Aug. 7.-Work of Imving twoblocks on Washington avenue'from Tarvas to Fifth streets, witheement. commenced,
Aug. 11.-Chautauqua week.Mr. and Mrs. Leon Mainville, Al-
pena township, celebrate 50fh wetl-ding anniversary.
Aug. 18.-Mrs. Rose Budnickdied from iniuries received when shefell from a wag:or or Chisholmstreet.
Memorial tablet, cast fiom metalfrom the batt leship Maine, procuredby Congressman Loud, arr ived in thecity to be placed near the Mainecannon, on city hall grounds.
. Aug. 19.-Finding of the bodY ofFrank Cleve.Iand, who had beenmissing four days, in room occupiedby him over a store on WashingtonaYenue. Supposed heart disease.
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Aug. 20.-Brick veneer buildingf,or bank a.t Lachine about completed,
Aug. 2 8.-I irarmers picnic inLong Rapids.
Aug- 29.-Farmers picnic in WiI-son.
Alpena Guards return from strikezone in copper country.
Aug. 31.-Knights of Columbuscelebrate 13th anniyersary, and 60take degrees-
Sept. 2.-Death at Dearborn san-itarium of Capt. Jas. Reed, veteranvrrecking master of Gr€at LakesCapt. Reed formerly l ived in Alpena.
Sept. 3.-Five "bl ind pigs" in Al-Bena c@unty closed by Sheriff Sim-mons within ttrree days.
Sept. 6.-Death of Mrs. RenwickBrown, aged. 77, a resident of Alpena23 years.
Sept. 14.-Fire in store of JohnWorniak Chisholrn stre'et.
Sept. l?.-Work comm.enced onpier for new lighthouse at nouth of:Thunder Bay r iver.
Sept. 18.-Mrs. Susan Woods,aced 69, who came to AID€na in1E64, cal led by death.
Sept. 19.-Death of Mrs. MaryGirard, agetl S2, for 18 years a cityresident.
Miss Evetyn Paton arrived in'Al-pena from Hoquin, Wash., makingthe 'trip alone-only 11" years ofage.
Hundreds of bushels of peachesraised in *A.lpena county-
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Sept. 20.-Mrs. Phi l ip Poir ier,aged 86 , a res ident o f the c i ty 30years, cal led by death.
S e p t . 2 1 . - M r . a n d M r s . E l . R .DesJardins celebrate 50th anniver-sary of marriage.
Sept. 22.-German Day approp-riately celebratecl at German Hallb y 4 0 0
Sept. 23.-Miss Tressa Gallagher.aged 2 8, . who l ived in Alpena al lher I i fe . d ied . a f te r months o f i l l -ness,
S e p t . 2 4 . - A f t e r a s o j o u r n o nearth of 92 y'ears, Ransom Goodrichof Green, answers the last cal l .
Oct- 3.-While making a bal loonassension at the fair grounds, ErneslKemp, bal loonist, dropped into lheriver and was drowned.
Oct. 3.-The three days of countyfair proved a grand success.
Oct. 4.-Charles, six year old sonof Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wingrove,drowned in r iver- near fair grounds-
Oct. ?.-Mrs. John Jerome, aged52, died at her home in Wilson town-ship, where she had l ived 25 years.
Oct. 9.-Geo. A. Shannon, aged62, a business man ,of Alpena 30years, died in the Battl'e Creek san-itarium. The remains were brougirtto Alpena for burial.
Oct. g.-Long Rapids townshipfair grand success, attended by largega t h ering.
Oct. 15.-Dcath of Mrs. Jas. Rus-sell, of Maple Ridge, Alpena countyr e s i d e n t 3 5 y e a r s .
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Oct. 18.-Six boys more or lessinjured by Jos. Labelle, Alpena to-wn-ship farmei, when they persisted ina charivoir.
Oct. 21.-Severe storm on GreatLakes, many vessels lost and hnn-dreds of sai lors met watery graves.
Oct. 22.-Sudden death of peterBellmore, aged 61, Alpena resident24 years.
- Oct. l 28:-Geo. X'. Gengerke, aged81, a resident of Alpena 44 years,cal led by death.
Nov. 4.-George Masters, aced 69,who came to A lpena in 1868, andwas a prominent business man for45 years, cal led to his last reward.
Nov. 5.-Chas. S. Bul lock, aged75, A lpena res ident s ince 1868. d ie r lin Detroit and the remains werebrought to Alpena for burial.
Chas. Twite lost garage and auto-mob i le by f i re .
.|rf6y. g.-flsath of Alexander B.( lhandler, agecl 69, Civi l war veteraD.
Death of Wil lard Richardson, agei l56, who had l ived nearly alt his i i fein r\ lpena.
Nov. 7.-Christopher T. Burrel l ,aged 79 , who came to A lpena in166:1 . and l i ved here near ly a l l thetime since, died in Cali fornia, the re-mains being brought to Alpena folburial.
Nov. g.-Most terr i f f ic storm onLake Huron, wind ?0 miles an hour.more than 50 vessels sheltered inThunder Bay, snow. ltlizzard. and biedr i f t s on c i ty s t ree ts . Thunder Bay
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island half submerged. SteamerArcadian aground on Sulphur island,later released.
Nov. 10.-Work of erecting newlighthouse pier at mouth of ThunderBay r iver completed.
Nov. 13._tr ish to amount245 pounds brought to por tDuchess .
Nov. 15.-Concrete dock at D. &C. stearnboat landing, oon,structedby Frank W. Fletcher nearly com-p le ted .
Nov. 21.-Dr. D. A. Cameron re-turned from 6,000 mile tr ip west,visi t ing Minnesota, Washington, Ore-gon, Idaho,. Cali fornia and otherst.ates.
Nov. 22.-$udden death of ArchieBabcock, ageal 53, Alpena resident25 years .
Nov. 24.-At the county house,death of Shmuel Wedge, aged 78,over 40 years' in Alpena county.
Mrs. Henry Schmaller, of Hi l lman,went deer hunting and ki l led a f inelarge buck.
Nov. 26._Six large barns on theFrutchey ranch at Hubbard Lake,destroyed by fire.
X' ire destr.oyed the Eales shinglemil l on the dock at the foot ofCb isho lm s t ree t , w i th $10,000 loss .
Steamer City of Alpena southbound on last tr ip of season.
Deer l icenses to number of. 270were issued this year by the CountyClerk.
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Nov. 28.-Jas. Brousseau, an oldresident and farmer of Ossinehe, diedof paralysis.
Nov. 30. - Steamer Nichols,aground on North Point; broke intwo. loaded w i th 40 ,000 bushe ls f laxseed.
Dec. 1.-Jame3 F. Grant, aged 59,city resident over 32 years, andnearly al l that t ime in the gr.ocerybusiness, committed suicide.
Dec. 2.*Mrs. EIlen LaFlamme,,aged 70, died at the home of herdaughter, Mrs. tr ' . G. Widdis.
Dec. 7.-Charles Godfrey, post-master. rnerchant and farmer ofRoyston, cal led to his reward.
Dec. S.-Snow storm and hicbwind. Mercury down to 17.
Dec. 13.-Jos. Croteau, aged 73,picneer resident of Alpena, diet lsuddenly while alone.
Dec. 15.-Heart disease was thecause of the death of Herman Nitz,a g e d 3 1 .
Dec. 16.-Chas. M. Prevost, aged68, Alpena resident over 33 years,received f inal cal i .
Dec ,20 . -A f te r a shor t i l l nessChas. W. Edwards, aged 59, a resi-dent 28 years, and tor years in thecigar manufacturing business, cal ledby death .
Death of Mrs. Carl Bobolz, aged68, a resident of the city 32 years.
Dec. 21 .l i fe savingmissi.on for
-Thunder Bay islandstat ion went out of com-1 9 1 3 .
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Automobile of Wm. Zauznewskiturned over on X'rench road, ki l l ingJos. Goulet and injuring Frank Ven-esl( i and Howard Spicer.
Dec. z4.-Death of Mrs. AdalineDove. aged 83 , a c i ty res ident 40years.
Dec. 26.-Abram Crowell , an eariysett ler of Alpena, father of Mrs. G.F. Perkins, died at Weyauwego,Wis . , aged 75 .. Dec. 28.-John J. tr ' rankl in. theice cream cone man, cal led bydeath .
Dur ing the year 1913 the bus iness' Alpena was very prosperous. TheGreat Lakes stone and Lime Co., atRockport, 12 miles north of the cit5' ,pushetl the work at the plant withmuch energy. There 'were manyvisitors at he various summer .re-sorts in this vicinity, and improve-ments in and about the city weremany anal important.
1914. -Jan. 12.-Jacob Hijka, aeted S9,
d ied a f te r 30 years in the c i ty .Jan. 14-1.5.-Convention of Ger-
man Lutheran ministers at St. paul 'sehurch.
Jan. 18.-Death of Claude De-Mar re , agec i 58 , a t h is home' in Os-sineke'.
Jan. z0.-Xtive persons, Mrs.Samuel Bloise, three chi lalren. andDenoto Balsmo, brother- in-law ofMrs. Bloise, met death by suff.ocationwhen their residence on Catherinestreet was part ial ly burned.
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Jan. 21.-Death of Oliver prieur.c i ty res ident 40 years .
Jan. 25 . -John Hamond, aged ?b ,city resident 40 years, died.
Creamery at Harrisvi l le burned.Jan. 28.-Death of Goil ieb Hart-
man, aged 78, Sanb.orn .resident 30years.
Jan. 29.-John coodrich, aged 37,prominent Wilson farmer, died.
Jan. 29-30-31. -Pou l t ry show inOpera House block.
tr 'eb. 7.-Adeline Gosslene, aged63, resident in Alpena 35 years, cl ied.
psb. $.-fs2n Flannery celebratecl62nd birthday anniver.sary, and 31years in Alpenp.
Feb. 11-12 . -CoId , 18 be low zero .. Feb. 12.-Farm house of Colin
Turner at Lachine, destroyed by f ire.Feb. 15.-Mrs. Rose Ross burnetl
to death when her home was destroy-ed by f ire in Aipena township.
Feb. 16.-Home .of Jos. Dubois.Huron street, destroyed by f ire.
Feb. 21..-Wm. E. Goudy, aged b0,d ied sudden ly .
Mrs. Rachel Adams, aged 86, diertat the home of her. daughter, Mrs.Chas. M. Johnson.
Feb. 22.-Explosion of dynamiteat Alkal i plant ki l led Richard Sul-van, John Kuybus and George Gye-kos,, and injured two others.
l -eb .23 . -Go to church Sunday,churches a l l f i l l ed .
March 1.-Death of John B. Dc-
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LiIe, aged 74, pioneer resiclent ofthe city, and father of 19 chi ldlen. '
Mrs. Reuben Gould, aged 26,born and l ived in Alpena townshipal l her l i fe. died.
March 13.-Katie E. BueI. bornin Wi lson , May 15 , 1880, d ied inWiIson.
Death of Mrs. Chas. Bellm.ore, ofOs ineke, ased 72 .
Mrs. John Mil ls, aged 33, bornin Wilson, where she spent her l i fe,cal led by death.
Death of Phi l ip Rouleau, aged68, Alpena resident 48 years.
March 1g.-Residencc and con-tents of Wm. Weidon, on Bayavenue, burned.
]\{arch 20.-Death of John O. Carr.ageC 72, county resident 40 years.
March 21.-Mysterious d,eath ofPearl, foster daughter of EphriamMcMil len. McMil len arrested, Iat-er tried and sentenced to state pris-on.
Fish tug X'annie A. trapped in iceon bay and abandoned, wait ing forice to breake up, freed herself andfloated down the lake, later recover-ed.
Thunder Bay and Middle Islancllife saving stations go into com-mission for the season.
March 24.-Bocly of Geo. Owens,night watchman at Richardson mil l ,found on tram, died of apoplexy.
Mrs. Chester Keegan, formerlyMiss Winnie Wixson, of Alpena, diedin Calgary, Alberta, aged. 22.
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March 25.-Death of Mrs. MaryWingrove, aged 68, ci ty resident 35years.
March 28.-Mrs. Ada Kelly, aged39, nearly al l her l i fe a city resident,d ied .
March 31. Jonathan L. De\Mitt ,old resident, received f inal cal l .. Apri l 7.-Mr. and Mrs. John C.
Yial l , 43 years in Alpena, celebrategolden wedding.
Apri l S.-Death at Spruce of DonA, Hecox, aged 71, Civi l war veter-an, 24 years postmaster at Spruce.
Apri l 10.-Barn, horses, catt le,of Edward Gohel, at Leer, burned.Mr Gokel badly burned and injured.
Moench tannery being d, ismantled.Apri i 12.-Death of Mrs. Jos. Dag-
enais, aged 34, in Alpena 33 years.Apri l 14.-Death .of Mrs. John J.
Mc leod, aged 63 .Apri l 1?.-James D. Borland,
aced 52, Alpena resident 35 years,cal led by death.
Chamber of Commerce banouet.Gov. Ferris speaker.
Apri l 18.-At Lansing, Mich.,death of Henry X'. Wilson, aged, 52,former Alpena business man.
Apri l 19.-Gustave Trojahndrowned in Thunder Bay r iver.
Apri l 2 6.-Death of Ernesl inaThiem, aged 71, of Wolf Creek.
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs attendservice at M. E. church.
Apri l 2s.-Death of Mrs. August
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Breightkreuz, aged 62, ci ty resident35 years.
Mrs. John A. Al len, aged 70, inAlpena township 23 years, diecl. . '
Death of Miss Gertrude C. Wes-se l , A lpena res ident s ince 1866.
Steamer Oity of Alpena arr ivedon i i i rst tr ip of the season.
May l .-Death of Mrs. CatherineMcConnell , Long Rapids resident 35'years.
May 2.-Wm. Oles enters uponduty as deputy game warden.
Ccncrete dock at D. & C. boatlanding, bui l t by X'rank W. Flet-cher' . completed.
May 3.-Mrs. Andrew Lau, aged.85 , in c i ty 28 years , d ied .
May 4.- lsster El lsworth diedfrom accidental discharge of hisr i f le, at Hubbard Lake.
Work commenced on pavingWashington avenue from Fifth streetto D. & M. track, f ive blocks.
May E.-Horne of Jas. Davison, atLong Rapids, destroyed by f ire.
May 11.-Sudden death of C. V.Hicks, at Onaway, Alpena businessman.
May 12.-Election of postmaster,George W. Manion favoreal.
Old water main on Washingtonavenue to be abandoned for new ironmain .
May 13.-Kl ine yacht launched.May 14.-Death of Jas. X' i tzpat-
r ick, aged 47, Long Rapids farmermore than 25 years.
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Off icers of crand Lodge of OddFellows visi ted Alpena.
May 18-20.-trorest f i res throughnorthern Michigan, with raiu on 20,quenching blazes.
May 20.-Death of Mrs. Thos.Baker, ased 38, in Alpena 35 years.
May 22.-Steamer Gilbert cut intwo by steamer Calderna, f ive milesbelow Thunder Bay, in Lake Huron.
Water main across river at Ninthstreet, broke.
May 24.-Civi l war veterans,Woman's Relief Corps and Spanish-Amenican veterans, escorted by Al-pena Guards, attend services at M.E. church.
May 25.-Death of Jas. M. pre-vos t , aged 90 , Wi lson fa rmer 32years.
.Northern Planing Mil l Co. reopen-ed by Thos. X'. Nicholson.
May 26.-At the B. C. c. & A.rai lway crossing at Spratt, f i re de-stroyed large quanti ty of logs
May 29.-Heavy thunder stolm,-Avery school house and Bradfordmil l struck by l ightning.
May 30.-Memorial Day duly ob-served by veterans and cit izens getr-erai ly. Over 1,000 chi ldren in par-ade. L ine .o f march headet t by I ioysBand and Alpena Guards. Camp-f ire at Armory in evening.
June 1.-Claud Mathews, aged ZE,crushed between cars at A]kal iplant, and ki l led.
June 2.-Mrs. Gustave Trissler.
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aged 69, ' in ci ty 25 years, cal ledby deatb.
June 3.-House of Jos. Duby, A1-pena township, burned, except oneroom saved by bucket brigade inwhich lay Mrs. Duby in confinement-a son.
Death of Mrs. Patrick Barrett,aged 69, resident of Alpena since1 8 7 1 .
Juns 4.-R.sad Bee Day, 250 milesof go.od road constructed.
June 6.-Miss Georgina Baker,aged 25, born and spent her l i fe inAlpena, died.
Early morning f ire destroyed barnof Geo. T. Montroy, on Washingtonavenue.
June ?.-Odd tr'ellows and Reb-ekahs decorated graves of departedmembers.
June S.-Warm. 98 in the shade.June 12.-Death of Isiah D. Hart,
ageal 69.Juns 13.-Death of
Moone)', old resident.-Tune 17.-New gas main
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June 1?.-Death of John J. Goocl,aged 70, six years superintendentTaber tannery.
June 2 0.-First stone shiBpeilfrom Rockport.
June 2 4.-Bankers conventionheld in Alpena.
Steamers North America andSouth America, of Chicago, Duluth
and Georgian Bay TraDsportat ionCo., f i rst arr ival at Alpena.
June 25.-Death of Geo. H. Mot_ley, Cici l war veteran, Alpena pion_eer.
June 26.-Well diggers in Wilsonfound well preserved logs bg feetbelow surface of ground.
Juns !/ .- !ehring brewery de-s t royed by f i re , loss 98b,000.
Fierce storm of rain and wintl.bay f i l l ed w i rh vesse js fo r she l te r .
June 28.-X'rank M. Glenniecrushed to death at l luron cementpIant.
June 30 . -Frank K ind t , o f A lpenaki i led by accident at Limestone andChemical plant at Calcite.
July 1.-I{rebs property on Wasir-lngton avenue, to be purchased byDonald McRae, and donated to th-eAlpena Hospital Associat ion. for hos_p i t a l .
July 3.-John S. McVicar, formerrecorder of ci ty of Alpena for 4years, and comptrol ler 2 years, diedat Dryden, Mich.
July 4.-O1d fashioned 4th cele.brat ion and Bay View park opened.
Geo. W. Manion becones new post-master.
Nine years old Oscar Olson drown-ed in Thunder Bay r iver.
July S.-Mrs. Anna G. Doyle, aged75, committed suicide.
July 9.-Postoffice employes pres-ent ret ir ing postmaster F. N. potterwith Knights Templar charm.
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Juiy 15.-Alpern & Whitten cap-ture 150 pound sturgeon.
July 16.-Death of Mrs. JacobPrince, aged 72, over 40 years in.AI-pena.
Sun Bros. circus.July 19.-Miss El iza X'err is opened
new hotel at Granal Lake.July 22.-Telephone Co. purchas-
ed Cunning residence, 215 Lock-lr oocl street, for new telephone ot-fi|]e.
July 28.-John Monaghan tookcontract to construct new concref-edock in rear of Federal bui lding.
July 31.-Commencement of worhon new concrete dock in rear ofFederal bui lding, by John Monaghan.
Aug. 6.-Sarn of Mrs. Rose Syl-yester, at Flanders, struck by l igirt .ning and burned, with contents.
Grange picnic in Wilson township.Aug. 6.-Pgath of Henry Colby,
Civi l war veteran.Aug. f.-Grange rally at Long
Rapids.Aug. 10.-Chautauqua week.Aug. 13.-Alpena Guards off for
State encampment.Huron Shore Odd Fellows picnic
at Rogers City.Aug. 18.-Death of Augustus De-
Roche, aged 68, over 30 years Al-pena resident.
Aug. zz.-Death of John Quinn,aged 75, Civi l war veteran, Alpenaresident 40 years, at Soldiers Home,Grand Rapids.
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Aus. 27.-Jas. D., eight year ol i lson of James D. Turnbull , fel l fromautomobile and was ki l let i .
Aug. zg.-Large bear that harlbeen ki l l ing sheep, was captured byWil l iam and Patr ick Brousseau, inOssineke.
Sept. 5.-Steamer Barth lost 60,-000 feet of lumber from deck load,off Thunder Bay, during gale ofw ind .
Sept. 9.-Marshall Bleau, ageal 73,died only three weeks after deathof his wife.
Sept. 12.-Mrs. Eular Thorne,aged 64, of Long Rapids, who cameto Alpena 41 years ago, cal led tolast reward.
Sept. 13.-Alpena Eagles picnic atLong Lake.
George Marsh, aged 65, died frominjuries received when he fell froma straw stack on the l1th, in Greentownship.
Sept. 22.-Barns of X'. W. Wendtand W. H. Marczwokski, at HubbardLake, burned.
Sept. 25.-Oramental l ight stand-ard, erected in front of Odd FellowsTemple, the gif t of John Corwin
Sept. 30.-Fielcl day in Alpena forI{nights Templar of northern Michi-gan .
Alpena Guarrlson Hobbs farm,sLreet .
secured rifle rangewest end of Thirt l
Sept. 30. Oct. 1-2.----jAlpe.na count.vfair.
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Oct. l .-Mr. and Mrs. MaximBurnash celebrate golden wedding
Oct. 4.-Mrs. Anna Paul, agecl65, died in home where sl ie had l iv-ed 35 years.
Besser Manufac tqr ing Co. , nowowner o f A lpena Motor Car Co.plant, preparing for large foundryand machino shop.
Oct. 13.-Death, in Detroit , whi leon vsiit, of Mrs. X'rances Buck, .ofAlpena.
Mrs. Mary Coll ins, of Alpena, diecr.while on a visi t to her daughter at.the Soo.
Oct. 19.-Home of Wesley Stoner,eight miles west of ci ty, on Wilsouroad. burned.
Oct. 21.-Paul Krebs fel l downstairs, dislocating neck.
Otc. 22.-Mrs. Al ice Steele, moth-er of C. F. Steele, died in Lansing,buried in Alpena.
Oct. 23.-Farm house of GeorgeLumsden, Long Rapids, burned.
Oct .25 . -Sudden death o f Mrs .Rose Sylvester, old resident of Green.
Oct. 26.-Deal closed for purchaseof lot at corner of Thirt t and Lock-wood streets, for armory.
Death of Mrs. Alex LaVasser, agecl71, resident of ci ty 34 years.
Oct. 21.-Death of Mrs. Clarissa,Thatcher, of Wilson township, aged7 9 .
Atlanta connected with outsideworld by B. C. G. & A. rai lroad fromthe west.
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Death of Geo. Pamerleau, aged 67,supervisor of Third ward.
Oct..28._Twins, boy and gjr l , ar-r ived at home of Louis Belanger,Alfred street.
New concrete dock in rear ofFetieral bui lding, John Monaghancontractor, about complete-t l .
Raft of 12,000 cedar posts ani lt ies, owned by W. T. Hoey, brokeloose from tug Ralph and wentadrift on Thundar Bay.
Oct. 29.-Death of Robert Gordon,aged 80, of Troy, Ohio, well knownin Alpena where he spent severalsummers for rel ief of hay fever.
Oct. 3O.-Automobile of MichaelX' i tzpatr ick ruined near Ossineke,shen engine back-f i i red.
Oct. 31.-Death of Mathias Am-mersdorfer, aged 62, ci ty resident36 years, and at one t ime memberof pol ice force.
Attempt to burn Temple Theatre.Death of Adam O'Brien, aged 89,
Alpena resident 13 years.Nov. 2.-Death of Mrs. Agnes De-
Iong, I [ ' i lson township resit lent formany years.
Nov. 3.-State andtion.
No11. 6.-HarrisvilleCity night with Alpena
county elec-
and RogelsEIks.
Large number of Odd Fellows, in-cluding Myrt le Lodge degree team,visited Long Rapids lodge, and cou-ferred degrees.
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Work on McRae Hospital con-pleted, and f inishing of annex underway.
Nov. ?.-Paul Fournier. whileintoxicated attempted suicide.
Nov. 8.-At Grand Rapids, deathof Thomas McKnight, aged 80, fatherof Dr. E. E. McKnight, of Alpena.
Mrs. Peter Mousse,tte, aged 72,and Albert Cadarett, mother atrd un-cle of Comptrol ler Geo. Moussette,of Alpena, died at Caro, Mich.
Noy. 9. - Steamer Lakelandaground on South Point, released on1 1 th .
Disappearance of Louis Bertchey,aged 6tt.
New creamery at Lachine beingerected.
Nov. 11.-Wm. Brousseau's f ishboat sunk on South Point, by wheelof steamer Lakeland.
Nov. 12.-Fire at Onaway burnedopera house.
Nov. 12.-X'ierce storm, snow anrlw ind , 5 inches o f snow.
Death of Mrs. Paul Delaval. wifdof treasurer of Alpena township, andres ident s ince 1888.
Thos. X'. Nicholson and Jul iusShuleke bui lding foundation forttu11' grist mil l on site of the burnetlNorthern Planing mii l .
Nov. 13.-Barge Ashland lost500,000 fee t o f lumber o f f d .eck load,and mast and r igging, and soughtshelter in Thunder Bay.
Ln Green township, death of Mrs.John Eagling, 25 years a resident.
Nov, 14.-Steamer Mitchel l ranaground on North Point, releasedand came into bay, and again orlbottom near Alpena.
Nov. 15.-Rain all day, snow gotre.
In Harper Hospital, Detroit , deathof Mrs. John Kenvi l le, aged- 47, ares:dent ,of A1pena 34 years.
Sudden death of Edward T. Har-r is, foreman of Alkal i quarries.
-A.t Leer, death of Hans M. Hat-son, aged 35, county resident 3:1years.
Nov. 17.-BiTzzard, with snow.wind 40 to 50 miles an hour. Tel l i -pera ture 11 a t n igh t .
Nov. 18._Richard E. Morse,while duck hunting at Misery Bay,broke tbr.ough the iee, and was sochi l led by the t ime he was rescuerlthat death resulted.
Nov. 20.-Sudden death .of Henr1W. Harrington, aged 55, Alpena resi-dent 25 years.
Lakes swept by storm, marrywrecks.
Noy. 21.-Sudden death of .Wm.
\IacAlpine, from apoplexy. Alpenamerchant.
Nov. 22.-Steamer Mitchel l re-leased, grounded week ago.
Snow flurries eyery day for aweek.
Nov. 23.-Steamer Ketchum ingale on Lake Huron lost 150,000 feetof lurnber, and ran into Alpena forshelter, clearing later.
Nov. 25.-D. & C. steamer Mack_
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inac went south on last trip of sea-son.
Nov. 26.-Tem'erature 60, sncwgone,' Dec. S.-First passenger train ofB. C. G. & A. rai lroad entered At-lanta.
Dec. 11.-second annual carnivalof Alpena High school
Death of Ludwig Zink, aged, 70,a resident of Alpena 30 years.
Dec. 14.-Fire at Alpena Gas Co.p lan t , loss $7 ,500.
Dec. 16.-Life saYing crews wentout of conimission for 1914.
Dec. 1s.-Death of Mrs. MaryCardy, wife of Sturgeon Point l ight-house keeper.
Dec. 19.-Close of navigation.Two inches of snow.
Dec. 2l.-Six inches of snow, firstsleighing of the season, wagons andsleighs in use.
Death of Mrs. El iza Larsen, aged72, a city resident 30 years.
Dec. 23.-Death of Mrs. Mar.vLough, aged 81, Alpena resident 33years.
Joseph Jury killecl by cars whilecoming from Hubbard Lake to .Al-pena. Geo. Howe, also injured,d ied on the 28 th .
Dec.24 . -Ber tha , 3 year o l i ldaughter of Julius Schultz, of Hu.lFbard Lake. burned to cleath.
Dec. 25.-Death of John T. Bost-wick, aged 82, came to Alpena in
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1866, and in business unti l a fewyears ago
Three degrees below zero.Dec. 27.-Death of Mrs. Samuel
A. Davison, aged 64, Prominent Al-pena resident.
Dec. 28.-At Soldiers' Home,Grand Rapids, death of Lewis J.Partridge, aged 84, Civil war veter-an, and for many years resident ofAlpena.
Mrs. Mary Blackler, agetl 8?, Al-pena resident 27 years, passedaway.
At Santa Monica, Cal., death ofHon. Jonathan B. Tutt le, schoolteacher in Alpena in the 60's, and.later Judge in Alpena circuit.
Dec. 30.-Death of Mrs. HenrYBradbury, aged. 22, born and aI-wayd lived in Alpena townshiP.
Oscar A. Northrup, business man,died suddenly.
Dec.31 . -F i re in res idence o fWm. H. Brown, 902 Washingtonavenue.
In the matter of improvements,1914 was a year which kept fair lywell up to the average. New antisubstantial docks were constructedon the south sitle of the river fromThird street down to a point below . r-the D. & C. landing. Washingtortavenue was pavecl and new sewerconstructed for more than half amile. Fletcher street paved cneblock. New water main across theriver at Ninth street; NorthernPlaning mil l reoBened; new DonalclMcRae Hospital rebui l t ; Telephone
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Co- buys new home for headquari.-e rs ; lo t purchased fo r new Armorybuilding; Avery park equipped., andotirer ci ty Barks material iy improv-ed; Nicholson grist mil l erected; GasWorks much improved; large am-ount of cement wAlks laid; lalgenumber of residencqi bui l t , about adozen in the Beeberaddit io:] alone;work at Rockpdrt progressing; whilethe fa rming communi ty in every wayhad a most successful year andbount i fu l c rops .
W. E. WILLIAMS '.
Art Stt re and Frame Shop
Picture Framing Done .drtirtically onShort Notice
Undertaking in Connection
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